The Idea of Pleasure

We find pleasure in everything we like to do. If we enjoy reading, cooking, painting, drawing... then we know what pleasure is. It's a bodily sensation or series of bodily sensations concurrent with what we enjoy doing.

miércoles, agosto 30, 2006

May Flower



This flowers are called here in Xalapa, "May flowers" it is a pleasure to see them. They are tiny little orchids. I've had them for several years and each May we have them. Seeing them reminds me that everything we have is only for a little time. Time goes and only leaves us the remembrance of beauty.

How long does pleasure last?

Emotions , sensations and moods can be clocked. When we have a headache we can say it lasted one hour or two, all day. A piece of cake we ate, we enjoyed it, every bite, we can even clock all the minutes we took to eat it. Can we do the same with pleasure? Can pleasure be clocked?

martes, agosto 29, 2006

Is there a difference between taking a walk which one enjoys because you are in a beautiful park and taking a walk anywhere, just because you need to walk?
You might think there it is. It might be just like when you read a book at school because you had to do a "book report" and when you read a book, just because it is a pleasure!