http://www.syntheticzero.com/?p=670 art, life, philosophy, architecture, literature, film, performance, and other stuff Thu, 21 May 2026 15:42:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 http://www.syntheticzero.com/?p=670#comment-428 Gaya Fri, 16 Oct 2009 18:22:35 +0000 http://www.syntheticzero.com/?p=670#comment-428 To a simpleton like myself, it sounds like you're happy and contented with yourself rather than 'arrogant'. I will get that trick one day I hope! :D To a simpleton like myself, it sounds like you’re happy and contented with yourself rather than ‘arrogant’. I will get that trick one day I hope!

]]> http://www.syntheticzero.com/?p=670#comment-427 mitsu Fri, 16 Oct 2009 17:13:43 +0000 http://www.syntheticzero.com/?p=670#comment-427 On the one hand, I feel humble, in the sense that I don't intuitively think of myself as any different from anyone else, but at the same time I have this feeling which I suppose I have to characterize as a kind of arrogance, in that I don't think it is entirely warranted yet I feel it anyway. It's a mixture of a pure kind of vajra pride, so to speak, and ordinary pride in my abilities or resourcefulness, even though I'm also quite aware that to speak of qualities as one's own is in many ways self-contradictory. I'm not sure what else I can say about that --- it's not something I'm entirely proud of (my pride isn't something I'm entirely proud of) but, on the other hand, I do have a certain definiteness about the way I do things, the way I relate to situations, which I believe is appropriate to a large degree, even if it may come off in some ways as arrogant. On the one hand, I feel humble, in the sense that I don’t intuitively think of myself as any different from anyone else, but at the same time I have this feeling which I suppose I have to characterize as a kind of arrogance, in that I don’t think it is entirely warranted yet I feel it anyway. It’s a mixture of a pure kind of vajra pride, so to speak, and ordinary pride in my abilities or resourcefulness, even though I’m also quite aware that to speak of qualities as one’s own is in many ways self-contradictory. I’m not sure what else I can say about that — it’s not something I’m entirely proud of (my pride isn’t something I’m entirely proud of) but, on the other hand, I do have a certain definiteness about the way I do things, the way I relate to situations, which I believe is appropriate to a large degree, even if it may come off in some ways as arrogant.

]]> http://www.syntheticzero.com/?p=670#comment-423 Gaya Thu, 15 Oct 2009 10:23:09 +0000 http://www.syntheticzero.com/?p=670#comment-423 I'm still puzzled by the word 'arrogance' in your last post though ... I’m still puzzled by the word ‘arrogance’ in your last post though …

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