{"id":107174,"date":"2021-09-29T17:16:07","date_gmt":"2021-09-29T22:16:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=107174"},"modified":"2022-02-06T12:50:19","modified_gmt":"2022-02-06T18:50:19","slug":"know-your-mind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=107174","title":{"rendered":"Know Your Mind?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1545664804358300\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block; text-align: center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1545664804358300\" data-ad-slot=\"8616314829\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=107174\" rel=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=107174\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-107175 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Mind-206x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"206\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Mind-206x300.jpg 206w, https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Mind.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 206px) 100vw, 206px\" \/><\/a>By Radical Rhymes<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I had time to kill recently, waiting, sitting in a car waiting. Usually I would draw or read, but instead I decided to conduct an experiment &#8211; I wanted to explore my own mind through the lens of judgement.<\/p>\n<p>In essence, I wanted to investigate, through observation and measurement, whether I could establish a means of knowing what I like by rating different cars. I&#8217;ve always loved cars, though I recognize the harm they do, so it felt like a good vehicle (pardon the pun) for the experiment.<\/p>\n<p>I would rate cars that passed out of ten, where 0 was something I would never drive, and 10 was a car I would love to own.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>At one level it worked well, there were cars at each extreme that I could readily identify. The problem came in center of my scale, and this was about relevant factors: colour, shape, purpose, and comparison. Why was that car a 5 rather than a 6? In the end what I learned was twofold &#8211; first, that establishing a measurement is incredibly hard to achieve, and second, I do not entirely know my own mind.<\/p>\n<p>This all came about because I have experienced a lifelong issue with knowing what I want to do with my spare time.<\/p>\n<p>Should I watch a film\/movie? Play a video game? Read a book? Write or draw? What should I elect to do? I spend inordinate amounts of time trying to decide what I really want to spend my time on.<\/p>\n<p>Having made a decision I invariably wonder whether I&#8217;ve made the right choice? It is impossible to focus on what I&#8217;m doing completely, because I am reflecting on the wisdom of that choice. This leads inevitably to regret. I always feel that I&#8217;ve made the wrong turn.<\/p>\n<p>However, what I&#8217;ve learned from this reflection is not that I will find a way to know my own mind, but rather that I have to choose and live with that choice. Secondarily, I&#8217;m beginning to understand that being mindful, doing what you are doing is the only way to operate&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Ultimately, I still do not know my own mind. Does anyone?<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808000;\"><em><strong>Radical Rhymes is a professional artist working with a range of media &#8211; predominantly animal\/human portraits and landscapes &#8211; including, most recently, hand painted furniture. You can see his work on Instagram Radicalrhymes1969 or on Twitter <a style=\"color: #808000;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RhymesRadical\">@RhymesRadical.<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808000;\"><em><strong>For commissions, please contact him on Twitter via Direct Message or by email at: radicalrhymes@outlook.com His work is also available to buy on <a style=\"color: #808000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.etsy.com\/uk\/shop\/RadicalRhymes?ref=search_shop_redirect\">Etsy<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>[si-contact-form form=&#8217;2&#8242;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Radical Rhymes I had time to kill recently, waiting, sitting in a car waiting. Usually I would draw or read, but instead I decided to conduct an experiment &#8211; I wanted to explore my own mind through the lens of judgement. In essence, I wanted to investigate, through observation and measurement, whether I could [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[27493],"class_list":["post-107174","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-boxing-news","tag-know-your-mind"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107174","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=107174"}],"version-history":[{"count":-3,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107174\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=107174"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=107174"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=107174"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}