Wednesday, October 1, 2008

Half-Bohemian, Half-Bourgeois

Is it possible to be half-artistic and half-materialistic/capitalistic ?
An artistic person has moments of great joy - moments whose joyous intensity
can never be reached by a materialistic person. At the same time, a highly
artistic person can never be assured of the steady and respectable life
of the bourgeois.

Is it ever possible to strike a perfect balance between these two ?
If someone does manage to achieve such balance, his/her life would be
infinitely blessed.

Is it possible for one person to achieve excellence in both the material
and spiritual domains ? I personally know of a few people who have effortlessly
achieved this happy marriage of success in both domains. And I think there is a
really simple way to achieve this.

2 comments:

Vanjula said...

Strange!!! I left you three comments yesterday and none of them got posted!!! Hmmmm...

Prakash M Kini said...

You are confusing "art" (in para 1) and "spiritual experience" (in last para).... I am confused now ;)

And happy to be so....