Scott Eakin...
1968-2007
SFE...Testify
21.2.07
16.2.07
authenticity...
real or genuine.
i'm reading a book where the protagonist is remembering his grandfather's funeral. his grandfather is laid out in his best clothes (his parents have already passed on). the protagonist, at this time, was a pre-teen. his grandfather was wealthy, a very proud, dignified man. as the grandfather moved on in years, he lost some of that. he, in a sense, became un-recognizable to the protagonist. at the funeral, as he was laid out, the protagonist said that his grandfather looked authentic.
a good friend of the family's father/grandfather is not doing well. physically. mentally. it was said, something to the fact, about remembering him the way he was. not the way he is now. authentic?
what is the manner of this word to the self? how is the self not real or not genuine? better yet...is there a real or genuine self?
the question of self has been hashed out over many times over many drinks. who are we? what is the self? but this is beyond the point at hand.
the point at hand is...what kind of authenticity do we gain, or re-gain at the time of our death? objectively speaking. doesn't the subjective point of perception include our 'whole' self. by whole i mean the self that encompasses the span of our life. what ever that perception is, is part of our self. this remembering is only 'part' of our 'whole.' the part that we choose to examine, and remember. does not authenticity, in this sense, become what we choose to remember what was best or most memorable about the person?
[shalom...]
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