Author: clfuu

“Freedom is something that dies unless it’s used.”
—Hunter S. Thompson

How do you deliberately choose to exercise your freedom?

The problem—and the joy—of a hot air balloon is that it has no means of steering. Once you’re up in that basket, you go wherever the wind takes you, whether you had expected to go there or not. Whether that’s a good thing or a bad thing depends entirely on your point of view.

What’s the most interesting place you have ended up without intending to go there?

“But the Hebrew word, the word timshel—‘Thou mayest’— that gives a choice. It might be the most important word in the world. That says the way is open. That throws it right back on a [person]. For if ‘Thou mayest’—it is also true that ‘Thou mayest not.”
―John Steinbeck

What helps you most in guiding your ethical choices?

“Freedom is what you do with what’s been done to you.”
—Jean-Paul Sartre

How have you chosen on behalf of your own freedom?

Many would claim the American flag and iconic bald eagle as symbols of freedom. Many others associate those images with oppression and unjust domination. A symbol never means just one thing. Neither does freedom.

What is a symbol of freedom that works for you?