Tuesday, January 19, 2010

quote of the day

"My own concept of humor is ... the subtle discrepancy we discern in what appears to be normal behaviour. In other words, through humor we see in what seems rational, the irrational; in what seems important, the unimportant. It also heightens our sense of survival and preserves our sanity. Because of humor we are less overwhelmed by the vicissitudes of life. It activates our sense of proportion and reveals to us that in an overstatement of seriousness lurks the absurd."

--Charlie Chaplin

4 comments:

Lorna said...

that's deep, but absurd

dawn said...

So true, that is why folks in the medical field often have a dark sense of humor. Probably explains the origins of the saying "you have to laugh, otherwise you'd cry".

On a total side note, how goes the self-taught piano playing?

Unknown said...

Dawn: The piano lessons are coming along pretty well. I might have another piece on the blog soon. I seem to have hit a plateau and I'm trying to learn more complicated stuff.

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