my heart's doing that thing again

maybe it was reading more lines from 'adaptation' ... maybe it's that lately i've been turning off the analytical part of my brain and working things from a different place .... maybe it's the excitement of starting to work on music again .... maybe it's just the beauty of the fall season.

more quotes from chris cooper's character in 'adaptation':

John Laroche: "Point is, what's so wonderful is that every one of these flowers has a specific relationship with the insect that pollinates it. There's a certain orchid look exactly like a certain insect so the insect is drawn to this flower, its double, its soul mate, and wants nothing more than to make love to it. And after the insect flies off, spots another soul-mate flower and makes love to it, thus pollinating it. And neither the flower nor the insect will ever understand the significance of their lovemaking. I mean, how could they know that because of their little dance the world lives? But it does. By simply doing what they're designed to do, something large and magnificent happens. In this sense they show us how to live - how the only barometer you have is your heart. How, when you spot your flower, you can't let anything get in your way."

it's easy to get gooey over the idea laroche explores with regard to the flowers and the insects as soul mates by design - but i think the real key here is this bit 'By simply doing what they're designed to do, something large and magnificent happens. In this sense they show us how to live - how the only barometer you have is your heart.'