Here is an idea, lets think of a funnel, somewhat like the one used for pouring liquids and a little like the one used by sales for qualifying leads but with a few differences.
What flows through this funnel is time and what time which is the medium carries with it is new contacts or relations. Time of course flows at a constant rate but the particles i.e. the contacts it carries dont. Another difference is that this funnel has a number of nooks and corners all along its walls where the particles get lodged. Depending on how well we connect with them each particle behaves differently because this funnel is actually a relation or contact funnel- a 'friendship funnel'- cause it sounds more phonetic.
The time starts flowing through it right from the time we are born and so do the particles. A particle might move in different ways though. One particle might get caught at the very top of the funnel- in one of its crannies and then remain there till time stops flowing through this funnel- i.e. till we die. A second particle might move from a cranny at the top of the funnel to another towards the bottom of the funnel and finally get lodged at the very bottom of the funnel- this is the area that we would call our closest friends. A third particle might initially get lodged in one of the interstices and then over time flow out through the bottom. Some very rare particles might flow in and directly get caught at the very bottom.
Are we getting the idea here? Every funnel is essentially a sum of relationships that we build with our friends and all of our individual funnels are filled up differently. Knowing a person you could probably draw what his funnel looks like. For some it might look top heavy with a very few particles down till the bottom of the funnel whereas some might not have much at the top but might be quite filled in the middle and at the bottom.
At the risk of stretching this concept, we might even think that the size of the particles for each person might change over time or the size might be different to begin with.
I could go on but instead I would like help from those of you who are philosophically inclined or love to ideate to help me out. How does this concept develop?
What flows through this funnel is time and what time which is the medium carries with it is new contacts or relations. Time of course flows at a constant rate but the particles i.e. the contacts it carries dont. Another difference is that this funnel has a number of nooks and corners all along its walls where the particles get lodged. Depending on how well we connect with them each particle behaves differently because this funnel is actually a relation or contact funnel- a 'friendship funnel'- cause it sounds more phonetic.
The time starts flowing through it right from the time we are born and so do the particles. A particle might move in different ways though. One particle might get caught at the very top of the funnel- in one of its crannies and then remain there till time stops flowing through this funnel- i.e. till we die. A second particle might move from a cranny at the top of the funnel to another towards the bottom of the funnel and finally get lodged at the very bottom of the funnel- this is the area that we would call our closest friends. A third particle might initially get lodged in one of the interstices and then over time flow out through the bottom. Some very rare particles might flow in and directly get caught at the very bottom.
Are we getting the idea here? Every funnel is essentially a sum of relationships that we build with our friends and all of our individual funnels are filled up differently. Knowing a person you could probably draw what his funnel looks like. For some it might look top heavy with a very few particles down till the bottom of the funnel whereas some might not have much at the top but might be quite filled in the middle and at the bottom.
At the risk of stretching this concept, we might even think that the size of the particles for each person might change over time or the size might be different to begin with.
I could go on but instead I would like help from those of you who are philosophically inclined or love to ideate to help me out. How does this concept develop?
2 comments:
I think friendships change with every level in your life, and are mostly connected with what stage you are at, which is mostly made of maturity level, interests, and a lot of other parameters.Very rarely will a friend be at the same level all thru ur life. It's a game of chance for a person to be in ur life, but how far in the funnel he/she falls depends on the funnel and the particle :)
Nice post btw
@Rujuta- Thanx- the thought was just very different and wanted to know if it was interesting or just plain absurd!
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