Comments on: Searching for Passion http://phineaskibbey.com/writing/searching-for-passion/ A portfolio of work ranging from Web Development to Photography Wed, 06 Jul 2011 21:51:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Insight into Passion | Thought Experiments http://phineaskibbey.com/writing/searching-for-passion/#comment-7 Insight into Passion | Thought Experiments Sun, 30 Aug 2009 20:52:01 +0000 http://phineaskibbey.com/blog/?p=4#comment-7 [...] a my previous entry Searching for Passion, I propsed that passion was created by a continuous stream of reward. If this was the case, this [...] [...] a my previous entry Searching for Passion, I propsed that passion was created by a continuous stream of reward. If this was the case, this [...]

]]> By: James Weston http://phineaskibbey.com/writing/searching-for-passion/#comment-46 James Weston Fri, 21 Aug 2009 17:44:00 +0000 http://phineaskibbey.com/blog/?p=4#comment-46 If you take my obsession with electronic music, for example, it was not one but a handful of rewarding experiences each of which built upon the last to form my passion. It's the only lasting passion I've had. But as for how long it will last, who knows. If you take my obsession with electronic music, for example, it was not one but a handful of rewarding experiences each of which built upon the last to form my passion. It's the only lasting passion I've had. But as for how long it will last, who knows.

]]> By: phineas kibbey http://phineaskibbey.com/writing/searching-for-passion/#comment-3 phineas kibbey Fri, 21 Aug 2009 17:05:40 +0000 http://phineaskibbey.com/blog/?p=4#comment-3 According to my hypothesis, you'll keep that obsession for as long as you keep getting rewarded for it. Which seems like it would leave the responsibility for your passion in the hands of... 1. You; to deliver your music to the people who will respond well to it. 2. Fate (or rather my belief that the set of events which make up each persons individual behavioural patterns); to respond with either positive or negative, depending on whether it wishes you to continue along this path. Think of Fate as your game of Domino Rally, and you are the cat that decides if and when to step in and change the direction of the game. According to my hypothesis, you’ll keep that obsession for as long as you keep getting rewarded for it. Which seems like it would leave the responsibility for your passion in the hands of…

1. You; to deliver your music to the people who will respond well to it.
2. Fate (or rather my belief that the set of events which make up each persons individual behavioural patterns); to respond with either positive or negative, depending on whether it wishes you to continue along this path.

Think of Fate as your game of Domino Rally, and you are the cat that decides if and when to step in and change the direction of the game.

]]> By: James Weston http://phineaskibbey.com/writing/searching-for-passion/#comment-2 James Weston Fri, 21 Aug 2009 16:43:35 +0000 http://phineaskibbey.com/blog/?p=4#comment-2 If you take my obsession with electronic music, for example, it was not one but a handful of rewarding experiences each of which built upon the last to form my passion. It's the only lasting passion I've had. But as for how long it will last, who knows. If you take my obsession with electronic music, for example, it was not one but a handful of rewarding experiences each of which built upon the last to form my passion. It’s the only lasting passion I’ve had. But as for how long it will last, who knows.

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