Comments on: Living the Chemical Life

By: softserve

softserve — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 15:41:59 +0000

that is such a beautiful, thoughtful way of putting it. thanks chris.

By: Julian DeWees

Julian DeWees — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 05:53:57 +0000

That’s nice, I like it

By: Matt Ronquillo

Matt Ronquillo — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 21:53:26 +0000

Dorris day reference is to a movie she did where she was stranded on an island with the other guy. They called themselves adam and eve because they were the only two there.

By: misener

misener — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 21:25:40 +0000

There’s a lot to chew on here. Especially the Doris Day part. I’m still hashing that one out.

This is straightforward, thoughtful, and well-written. I would have left out the last two lines, as I think they stray from the direct nature of the piece into a romantic haze, but other than that, this is a really nice read.

By: Matt Ronquillo

Matt Ronquillo — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 17:07:58 +0000

Your thinking reminds me an interview or essay or something I read from David Foster Wallace. He was talking about how the idea of religion in regard to human origin fascinated him, yet when he got down to reading the texts it was boring, dull to him. Not knocking the idea of Christ, but we have lives to live and things we can gather from the environment that make us more wholesome. I went to Zion national park in Utah recently (while I was reading Infinite Jest, actually, in my condo at night). The rock formations were stunningly beautiful. It changed my perspective. The night after our hike a woman fell off of one of the particularly strenuous hikes called Angel’s Landing. It was weird. Your piece is bringing it all back. Wise words you have here Mister Anderson. I appreciate you sharing.