i like to investigate things that add up to a good life. learning new ways of looking at the world which i'll re-use to make some day a little brighter. a friend once suggested to me that art can expose us to new sensations which we might have never known we liked, otherwise. i like to learn things like that, but i can also appreciate the opportunity discover what i don't like the taste of. a sharp flavour can provide a powerful navigating principle.
i like when i can listen, remember, and utilize information.
i like a moment of genuine focus, in my life. those times when all the stars align and i can bring each decisionmaking and analytical mental process to bear upon something with a conclusion.
i like to get obsessed.
i like when things end.
i like loving.
i like to discover new connections. i like when things finally make sense - that moment where chaos transforms or appears to transform into order. it isn't the real thing that i like (chaos into order) but my perception of it, that feeling, that sensation.
but i also like when i discover a feeling or sensation is pleasantly deep, is rooted in reality. i like when a sensation is not only a sensation but a detection of a deep truth. the thing that i like however is once again the sensation of rootedness, not the rootedness itself.
i like liking.
i like learning things about people. who do you think you are? what's going on in that head of yours? why?
i like to connect with people over things. even stupid, unimportant coincidences. i just like that spark of recognition.
i like to be mysterious and inscrutable, i like when i have to explain myself, i like how anytime i dig deeper i discover even more. i like not understanding myself. i like mysteries and what better way to appreciate them than to experience myself as one?
i like doing a creative task like ten times more than i need to do it, just to give myself the opportunity to choose my favourite--even if i know i'll probably end up choosing the first one.
i like falling asleep.