-  or  are your bananas necessary ......          

so ....... Message or Messenger?

When people write, or we talk to one another,  that is an interaction which continues beyond the immediate, and the autistic. It ripples out in terms of time - other interactions - and philosophy. Creating that sense of vulnerability moves any interaction into the realm where it MEANS something - - and that meaning is NOT dependent on me as a single individual. If the message is valid then it rises in importance beyond me .... and that if there is no response - that is not just neglect, but the choice to not respond MEANS something too!   

A choice to not choose, is still a choice and has repercussions and ramifications that we as individuals are responsible for.   A   "no-choice " implies tacit agreement, especially if we claim " ... only following orders" .  

Another thing ....

It has always comforted me to know that I, as messenger, am not that important - but that the message (however lowly and mundane) is very important. So, to not speak is a deliberate act of ignorance - which is intentionality of bad faith. If I speak, although I am responsible for that message and its  reply, I am speaking something that transcends me and thus it behooves me to take care. Not be defensive, but to take care. Again to be cautious in my vulnerability but, because I am aware of my words, I am not exposed .

So - with your business. Your 'message' is your unique choice of items, or actions which are of great, intrinsic, beauty, and your willingness to put them out to the other ( the purchaser or recipient ) for them to enjoy and appreciate. The recipient, even if he or she is a supervisor or corporation,  will and cannot do that with as much expertise and interest as you. If you do not do this then the 'message' is not there and it can never be heard.

As messenger it is easier to keep true to the message. If I discard it, neglect it, fight against it or even encourage others to do that - then I will find my life unrewarding and dissatisfying.  I will always feel resentful that I do not ' have ' what I perceive others to enjoy.

In the Grand Scheme of Things, you, and me, are not important. What we say is - so long as we say it in truth and validity. That means that you can start your business, go to work,  knowing that what you are saying/doing is more important than the lack of confidence you ( or I) may feel.                                                                                               If not you ( telling the message ) then who else ? I can't do it, the Asian Art Gallery near to Pioneer Square isn't doing it..... the guy in the cubicle next door is not - - so who else? What you have to give is unique.

.............. And important. Think of the two people we talked about in the past ... for both of them the message is irrelevant. They both want to be seen as messengers clothed in ruby red and gold with a big brass horn to trumpet with. But when they unfurl the parchment and squint at it - it says nothing. And they have to go away until the next time they want to dress up and shout. Hence why the guy in the next cubicle HAS to make jibbing, jokes at you. To sneer at someone else " only in fun, of course ", is the only way a messenger can feel important - by digging at someone else to diminish them.

How sad!

My message is the philosophy that impassions me. I HAVE to deliver the message because it is such fun, so good, so intrinsically important - and that is true even if I am sat at a computer screen writing Instant Messages. The message is the same, whether I talk about the struggle against msn.com, or I laugh at BBC America, or I relay my pleasure at Queer as Folk, or we chuckle at lewcat's understanding of the Invasion of the Killer Hemorrhagic Fevers!

That is what makes us human and what is really important. That we communicate to communicate - not to increase our ( illusionary ) self importance as messenger.

By delivering the message I can feel more useful and I do not have to handle what others feel, that I don't feel, about me.

So the message makes me significant but not important. 

I tend to be a little wordy .... But,

The message is more important than the messenger. And our recognition of the message makes us aware of our imperative to deliver it.

Your message is to have fun and give people a way of appreciating fine and unusual items, or words, or tasks ( for which they give you money).

Mine is to observe, accept and opine on the world and all its inhabitants - and have fun doing it.

So you have no choice , baby, only you can do it - Start Now!!!

moggi 8.17.2001

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