Saturday, March 13, 2010

Boots

"You can tell a lot about people by the shoes they wear, and the cars they drive."
She looked over at me from the passenger seat of of my van, her black pony tail hanging loosely at her shoulders, dark eyes gleaming, peering out into the pouring rain, her fingers articulating each individual word. My cowboy boots were up on the dashboard, and I looked down at them.. tan leather; with scars and worn-out tread - I got them used from a sailor in Hawaii.


It is interesting that those two elements, your shoes & your car, are both associated with motion. Both are necessary for going places, seeing things and exploring; both are symbols of where your priorities lie. Maybe they don't have to say much about your monetary priorities necessarily.. but they say something about you that is much deeper than that, the priority of your days. Where and how do you spend your motion.. What in this world matters to you..
In a sense, your shoes and your car are the definition of your existence... where your desires, pleasures, insecurities and pursuits rest.
And if you have neither... well, that says a lot too.





(Andrew Tipton)

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