January 21, 2006
Watched two documentaries. One on the American physicist, Richard Feynman, and the other on Henri Cartier-Bresson. Both fascinating. Although one is a scientist and the other an artist but both are equally admirable. Full of passion. Feynman really surprised me. He's one of a very few scientists that you can actually see the spirit in them. The others being Galileo, Einstein, and Darwin. Each time I go to MIT to hear a speech the whole place makes me depressed. Scientists have become technicians, robots. They don't seek "wisdom" anymore. Only "knowledge". It is wisdom that brings self-awareness and lightens up one's being.
Finished Odilon Redon’s journal and now have started on Delacroix’s. Although Redon had some interesting ideas but his journal wasn't intimate. It lacked the small and unimportant events of everyday life. Delacroix’s is much more interesting. I've totally become addicted of reading journals!
Had a long philosophical conversation with Ben. He's really smart. A good-natured and sincere person. Although we always have different positions on things but it is such a joy to talk to him. We talked about evolution, its relation to religion, Islam, and consciousness. His main question was that why the spirit has to be non-material. He studies mathematics. I have always had a deep love for mathematics. There is a spiritual side to geometry and mathematics which attracts me. I remember the first time that I learned about Pythagoras I was blown away.
I’m going back to Amherst tomorrow. I have much more independence there which makes me happy. I’ve come to dislike Boston. Well, not Boston itself. My situation in Boston.
Posted by amin at January 21, 2006 4:14 PM