10.29.2005

Strange Epiphanies

Sometimes I think I might be crazy, because surely normal people don't think the things I do. I often find myself having strange epiphanies. Take for example the odd, but clear thought that came to me Wednesday. As I drove into my neighborhood I suddenly realized what cars really were, and then they seemed very weird to me. I thought: Gee, cars really are just these metal pods on wheels. I am just a little fleshy human being inside of a metal bubble on wheels. And then suddenly, I began imagining all the cars around me as clear bubbles floating around with people inside them, and now I look at cars in a way I never did before. It is almost as if I notcied for the first time, the stark contrast between the vehicle and the thing that controls it. The mechanical, metal machine and the living, breathing human being. I'm not sure if this is making sense, but surely thoughts like this can't be normal.

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