Breaking the Matrix

Posted on Friday, September 4th, 2009 at 12:15 am in New York City, Outer Space.

 

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For those of you’ve who’ve seen the Animatrix–the anima/cartoon included in the Matrix Trilogy DVD set– you’re familiar with the exploration of what it means to be “trapped in the matrix”, beyond Neo and agents. It expands “the matrix” from being a system of one and zero codes that robots have your mind trapped in. It brings the sci-fi down to a more relatable  reality. “Breaking the matrix” means pushing yourself beyond your self-perceived limits, overcoming barriers, annihilating fear. It is in these moments that an athlete (to use an Animatrix example) pushes himself beyond the threshold, momentarily, breaking the imprisonment of a one and zero code, and finds himself in a higher plane, released from the matrix. 

My breaking the matrix… well it’s a lot of things, but right now the challenge seems to take its example in salsa and performance. It scares me silly, and I push myself, but shy away more. I retreat at the thought of watchful expectation, but also hold high expectations.

It’s good to know though that this matrix exists and you have to transcend it. I’m chugging along, even though I seek an immediate transcendental moment. And I’m brave enough to tackle the salsa congress with just, what? 6 months under my salsa spandex belt?

What’s your breaking the matrix?

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  1. JPLoganComment by JPLogan on September 6, 2009 at 12:06 am.

    Breaking the matrix is a story of my life. Some call it learning, a quest or ambition but to me it’s as basic as breathing. They say that sharks must move to stay alive and I believe the same about people. “El camaron que se duerme lo la lleva el corriente” or as I like to say these days “don’t become a road kill on the information superhighway” and, this sucker is moving with a break neck speed.

  2. Nova Comment by Nova on September 9, 2009 at 11:41 pm.

    thanks for sharing that.

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