The Nutshell

Hamlet said: “Oh god, I could be bounded in a nutshell, and count myself a king of infinite space�"were it not that I have bad dreams.”  Usually nightmares come from the nutshell to disrupt our outer reality.  But Hamlet’s nightmares come from the outside to invade and block his sovereignty in his shell.  I have been in that shell and felt the nightmare of the outer shell.  But if, in brief moments, I am able to close the shell, from the winds outside, I find the object relation evaporate into a dew, a mist of pure subjectivity, to bath and fly with breath and life, and nothing else exists. 

Reviews

[Patricia]

Very nice! You are a good writer!

[LJW]

" a mist of pure subjectivity"

What a great line!

We exist in that mist..

[albee]

Yes. That is the core. That is my shell. But we all must carry tools to negotiate the objective level of reality.

[Betty Hermelee]

Does the outer shell mean that you close your spirit and mind to the world of reality? and you prefer to be comforted by your inner thoughts? not to let the outside shell disturb them? So you prefer subjectivity to objectivity..... are you afraid of nightmares from your inner shell? It seems that you have experienced both, and now prefer peace and serenity form deep inside. (I could be totally wrong!)
Nice writing.
Best, B.

[albee]

i have come to believe in two dominant realities
my inner infinite space and the outer infinite space
my shell is my foundational being, where my inner and outer negotiate how to be.

[Betty Hermelee]

So, the shell is both....
You're welcome, and thanks for the explanation!
Best, B

[albee]

B…i am lost, in my words, in trying to respond to your response.

[albee]

You do move me.
I heard a phrase that has resonance.
“no challenge…no change”
Thank you for your response 🙏

[Betty Hermelee]

You’re very welcome! B

[albee]

The lesson could be…it is beyond words. Like “The Tao that is spoken, is not the true Tao”

[albee]

i have come to believe in God. But that three letter word had i have heard in my life, is narrow and small.We need a bigger, wider, deeper word.
But God is beyond our weak words.

[Betty Hermelee]

That depends; I don't believe on a higher up, but most people do; I'm-more mystical

[albee]

Exactly. Ultimate existence is Mystical. Trans-linguistic. Beyond words.

[albee]

That being said. God is a Verb. I believe.

[Betty Hermelee]

We’ll have to discuss this sometime…….