by your own thoughts?

or by the thoughts of others?

or can you attain a hybrid of the two? 

Every person who knows how to read has it in their power to magnify themselves, to multiply the ways in which they exist, to make life full, significant, and interesting.(aldous huxley)

. . . or diminish same, to quite a different end.

Good food for thought, Iain.

just wondering, from where did you copy the pic?

Olympos - it's by a British graffiti artist called Banksy. If you search on google images you will see a lot of his work. He manages to combine messages with a social conscience with a liberal sprinkling of humour.

ok thanks. I laughed now

i will answer that if i could find it out right now why and what the heck am i doing here at 4 in the morning when im supposed to sleep

Rob - am a huge Huxley fan. Think I have re-read every one of his books at least a half dozen times.

Nef my sweet - stalking me perhaps? : )

in response to the photo

charlton heston said it best ` planet of the apes 1968

'take your stinking paws off me you damn dirty ape'

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKdSXfPl8vY

however instead I think it shoud be a picture of a computer.. lol

answer:

breath air- and enjoy every single breath

video response to the sentence: "one day we'll be in charge"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDCcL0L3KJA&NR=1

:D

the monkey is a metaphor GK - for what I will let you decide.

Olympos - hadn't seen that one. very funny!!

ok here is another one for you then

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCYaw5tGYAs

With regards from a couch in California!

LOL

and by the way please could you go into my profile and vote for me # 100, thanks

back @ Im_A_biotch

I got it Iain - just replying to the quote on the sign ") but of course the meaning of the metaphor is up to the publisher not the reader...

I would not want to get in the way of an artist's message..

answer 2: live your life - have an opinion - but be kind do not hurt others - do your own thing - be your self - who cares what others think they can either take it or leave it. - turn the channel as people say..

see myself as an intelligent, sensitive human, with the soul of a clown which forces me to blow it at the most important moments.

@olympos

dude: that was funny - it gives dr dolittle, talk to the animals a whole new meaning

ah but GK, sometimes the artist or indeed author can mean for a metaphor contained in words or art to mean different things to different people. How we interpret it is a reflection of our own soul's not the originator's.

Hayko - missed 100, but got 101 for you!!

dog vs ape?

or shall the otter inherit the earth?

em, sensei if you please lol

back @ Im_a_Biotch

ok grasshopper!!

p.s. not callin you a grasshopper dude it's methphor from the popular 70's tv series kung fu

back @ GK

yes I know, but Grasshopper was the student, Sensei is the master...

; )

back @ Im_a_Biotch

this is a true observation - do you mean sifu? sensei is japanese isn't it? I think he used english and just said master didn't he?

an acute observation GK - sensei is indeed Japanese and thank you for pointing out - if my erratic memory serves me correctly, did he not just call his teacher 'master'?

doh!! I just asked exactly what you said - tired eyes - time for bed lol

back @ Im_A_biotch

no problem dude.. you are a pretty smart guy...I love stumping you once n awhile...get some rest

Every person who knows how to read has it in their power to magnify themselves, to multiply the ways in which they exist, to make life full, significant, and interesting.(aldous huxley)

COOOL.... :D

At the moment tired pissed and ready to sleep. I will answer this again tomorrow after I have evaluated the question with a sober mind. (if I remember)