Pursuit of Perishable Things
























Plato thought man imprudent for his urge to pursue "perishable things."

Ovid called the pursuit the "damned desire of having."

The Hindu traditions think the material world an illusion, an impermanent manifestation of all that is.

This is why I love perishable things. Teaming multiplicity, glimpsed.

Yet we often confuse and conflate material things with perishable things. We pursue the former with little regard for the latter, much to our own detriment.

Whether you agree or disagree, do come comment, for as Will Durant says, "we must respect each others delusions."