Riddle me this...

pacifier
pacifier Posts: 1,009
edited June 2007 in Poetry, Prose, Music & Art
...what is life?

You are all a bunch of creative thinking artistic people so surely you can answer this question to your own satisfaction in poetry form, etc. Me, this type of question is sending me crazy recently so I would love to hear/see some answers. What are we? What is existance? What's the point? Is there a point? The first question holds all these questions and many, many more, so if you all want to share your take on the topic I'd be grateful.
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  • chadwick
    chadwick up my ass Posts: 21,157
    pacifier wrote:
    ...what is life?

    You are all a bunch of creative thinking artistic people so surely you can answer this question to your own satisfaction in poetry form, etc. Me, this type of question is sending me crazy recently so I would love to hear/see some answers. What are we? What is existance? What's the point? Is there a point? The first question holds all these questions and many, many more, so if you all want to share your take on the topic I'd be grateful.

    it would take more life times to answer your question
    than lives that were ever born and died.
    perhaps then it would not even be solved.
    yet the answer is probably not as difficult as we believe it to be.
    and yet it is extremely huge.
    love has a huge part.
    for poetry through the ceiling. ISBN: 1 4241 8840 7

    "Hear me, my chiefs!
    I am tired; my heart is
    sick and sad. From where
    the sun stands I will fight
    no more forever."
    Chief Joseph - Nez Perce
  • pacifier
    pacifier Posts: 1,009
    chadwick wrote:
    it would take more life times to answer your question
    than lives that were ever born and died.
    perhaps then it would not even be solved.
    yet the answer is probably not as difficult as we believe it to be.
    and yet it is extremely huge.
    love has a huge part.

    very nice. you've summarised how i feel.

    now what is it to be? what are we? feel like a hamster on a wheel going round in circles. every answer is a question
  • cory
    cory Posts: 736
    pacifier wrote:
    ...what is life?

    The opposite of death


    Anyway, that's as deep as I'll go. Wanna hear a dick or a fart joke?
    Revive the heart of the heartless...

    Why would you start was has no end?
  • deadnote
    deadnote Posts: 1,678
    well, we are responsible for taking care of our families
    set your laughter free

    dreamer in my dream

    we got the guns

    i love you,but im..............callin out.........callin out
  • catefrances
    catefrances Posts: 29,003
    life is what you make it. :)
    hear my name
    take a good look
    this could be the day
    hold my hand
    lie beside me
    i just need to say
  • Bangers_n_mash
    Bangers_n_mash Posts: 1,241
    pacifier wrote:
    ...what is life?

    You are all a bunch of creative thinking artistic people so surely you can answer this question to your own satisfaction in poetry form, etc. Me, this type of question is sending me crazy recently so I would love to hear/see some answers. What are we? What is existance? What's the point? Is there a point? The first question holds all these questions and many, many more, so if you all want to share your take on the topic I'd be grateful.
    Life is living. So quit your thinking and get on with it! :D

    Seriously.
    uʍop ǝpısdn ǝɹ,ǝʍ 'punoɹ ʎɐʍ ɹǝɥʇo ǝɥʇ ןןɐ s,ʇı
  • FinsburyParkCarrots
    FinsburyParkCarrots Seattle, WA Posts: 12,223
    According to Peter Cook, it was raspberry jam. According to Dudley Moore, it was raspberry jam, up the arse. Depends on your philosophical take on the importance of raspberry jam in life, really.
  • Jamal
    Jamal Posts: 2,115
    Life's the time we spend out here
    the time we wait for death to come
    our fear of death drives us in life
    towards life

    Yet, we judge the one thing we don't know
    yes, the opposite of life
    the only thing you never come back from
    maybe death is better than life

    life is peanut butter and jelly
    love it or hate it, there's no inbetween
    Surf little waves big... Charge big waves hard

    - Antwerp '06, Nijmegen '07, Werchter '07
  • justam
    justam Posts: 21,415
    Wake up in the morning, do some stuff until you fall asleep at night.
    Over and over again until one morning you don't wake up. :D
    Probably there's more meaning, but that's the bare bones of it. :eek:
    &&&&&&&&&&&&&&
  • depopulationINC
    depopulationINC Posts: 2,074
    I believe the point of life is to improve that of anothers.
    The only thing I enjoy is having no feelings....being numb rocks!

    And I won't make the same mistakes
    (Because I know)
    Because I know how much time that wastes
    (And function)
    Function is the key
  • justam
    justam Posts: 21,415
    depopulationINC wrote:
    I believe the point of life is to improve that of anothers.

    That's a big thought. I like it! :)
    &&&&&&&&&&&&&&
  • chadwick
    chadwick up my ass Posts: 21,157
    depopulationINC wrote:
    I believe the point of life is to improve that of anothers.

    yes it is.
    for poetry through the ceiling. ISBN: 1 4241 8840 7

    "Hear me, my chiefs!
    I am tired; my heart is
    sick and sad. From where
    the sun stands I will fight
    no more forever."
    Chief Joseph - Nez Perce
  • pacifier
    pacifier Posts: 1,009
    depopulationINC wrote:
    I believe the point of life is to improve that of anothers.

    :) favourite answer so far. I hope that is what my life is doing.
  • pacifier
    pacifier Posts: 1,009
    cory wrote:
    The opposite of death


    Anyway, that's as deep as I'll go. Wanna hear a dick or a fart joke?

    no. not a huge fan of the dick and fart jokes, but thanks for offering :)

    yeah, I guess life is the opposite of death, if you're not one you're the other aren't you, but what is it that deterines life or lack of death?
  • pacifier
    pacifier Posts: 1,009
    deadnote wrote:
    well, we are responsible for taking care of our families

    is that what you think life is, or is for? So what about those individuals that dont take care of their families or dont have a family to care for, are they alive, are their lives worthless?
  • pacifier
    pacifier Posts: 1,009
    catefrances wrote:
    life is what you make it. :)

    Very true

    Iwas kind of hoping for a few more poetic responses though, being the poetry section and all. Do you have a poem to share, even if you wrote it ages ago?
  • pacifier
    pacifier Posts: 1,009
    Bangers'n'mash wrote:
    Life is living. So quit your thinking and get on with it! :D

    Seriously.

    :) thanks, but I am multi-tasking. I am thinking and questioning life while all the time living my life as well.

    mmm, now your user name has made me hungry
  • pacifier
    pacifier Posts: 1,009
    FinsburyParkCarrots wrote:
    According to Peter Cook, it was raspberry jam. According to Dudley Moore, it was raspberry jam, up the arse. Depends on your philosophical take on the importance of raspberry jam in life, really.

    What if I place more importance on my grandmother's grape jam and don't really care much at all for raspberry jam? I'm stuffed, aren't I?
  • pacifier
    pacifier Posts: 1,009
    Jamal wrote:
    Life's the time we spend out here
    the time we wait for death to come
    our fear of death drives us in life
    towards life

    Yet, we judge the one thing we don't know
    yes, the opposite of life
    the only thing you never come back from
    maybe death is better than life

    life is peanut butter and jelly
    love it or hate it, there's no inbetween

    Thank you for putting your thoughts down in poetry.

    Peanut butter and jelly sounds too weird to me. I don't understand the americans' attraction to this odd combination. Give me good old vegemite any time :)
  • pacifier
    pacifier Posts: 1,009
    just so I don't skip over the whole relevent content of your poem, yeah, who knows, maybe death is better, but I think I can wait to find out :)

    I don't really have a fear of death (well I never used to before I had a husband and family to look after and love), but I always did have a fear of living forever. Am I the odd one out or is this a common fear???

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