Phileosophie

Watching Chris Nolan's 'The Odyssey' brought up many questions - as Nolan films tend to do. After watching the movie I brushed up on my Greek mythology and whilst initially I did so only to understand the world that Nolan had recreated, I could not help but reflect on the lessons I might take from it. 1. Intelligence is powerful - but humility keeps it from becoming self-defeating.  Odysseus survives because he is clever. He is not the strongest Greek king nor the most fearsome warrior—that reputation belongs more to heroes such as Achilles, while Agamemnon is the supreme commander of the Greek alliance. Instead, Odysseus' greatest strength is his intellect. He conceives the plan of the wooden horse that allows the Greeks to infiltrate Troy. He outwits the Cyclops—whether by calling himself "Nobody" in Homer's poem or, as emphasised in the film, by blinding the creature and escaping beneath the sheep. Yet having escaped, he cannot resist turning back to r...

Tonight I finally had a revelation that I had contemplated for a while but never fully comprehended . A part of me had always been hopeful that I would one day find myself in a relationship. 16, 24, 28, 32, 35, 36 and now 40. It never happened, but I never really gave up hope - never really believed that this would be my future. Despite all the evidence to the contrary, I had always seen this state of singleness as being my present  but not my future . But tonight, sitting here in the aftermath of David Foxe - the man who ticked every box, and came at a time when I was finally settled back in Sydney - with no further plans to move. I had settled into my forever , given up that nomadic lifestyle that I had always previously blamed for my singleness, NOW  I was ready! And yet, and yet... despite finding the right man - a Christian ! - who was also attractive and smart, and kind, despite not having to rush this  relationship (I spent a year slowly getting to know him), despi...