Thursday, November 8, 2007

Everest

The deadline looms and I can't decide if I lack motivation or am simply just predisposed to laziness.


Each and every time the same roller coaster of emotions, thoughts and ideas. Initial indifference morphs into enthusiasm that is in turn dulled by realisation that what I thought was Primrose Hill is actually Everest.


And so the slow ascent begins. Papers and books clutter desk and words crash and meld indiscriminately in my mind. Confusion sets in, dizzying in the height of knowledge, not knowing up from down, right from left, cause from effect. But slowly the mounds of theories and piles of propositions condense and fall away like the mountain snow to water, trickling away and allowing me to pass, eventually.

7 comments:

Ben said...

You are not alone.

Anonymous said...

Onerous indeed, but better than working in a job.

camille said...

Ben - Hi and welcome. And thanks for the reassurance because it certainly can seem that way sometimes.

Drodbar - Yes the student life is typified mostly by vast flat plains with the occasional mountain. I shouldn't complain, I know.

Anonymous said...

ah, primrose hill may seem insurmountable some times, but at other times, it is a mere drop in the ocean.

plus, heights tend to have a wonderful view from them... good luck.

Anonymous said...

So, Camille, did you get a good mark, after all of that?

Hope your studies are going well. Please write for us again, whenever you have a moment.

Ani Smith said...

Just wondered how the new year is treating you... :)

Peach said...

where have you gone?