I thoroughly enjoy melancholy
I know it is the cliched artist in me
but that's okay
perhaps its a cliche for a reason (which has coincidentally become a cliche as well)
I have recently re-acquired a working album of Lauryn Hill's "Miseducation of. . . "
and it brings me back to a younger, probably generally sadder, me.
Althought perhaps it came from a more self-absorbed place, it feels like I had a lot to be sad about then. I guess it could be considered 'normal' teenage stuff, but I think regardless of how many people went through a similar thing, it doesn't mean that we should be very nonchalant about it and just consider it something that is to be expected. I think a lot of the 'truths' people learn come from a real harm inflicted upon them, whether intentional or non-intentional.
Take for example:
that's just the way life is
nothing comes for free
the only person you can trust is yourself
if somebody does something for you, they want something for you
humans are innately selfish
etcetera. . .
My point is, is that I believe human consciousness is a collective effort. The way we treat people around us makes both their and our reality, and that is more powerful than we could ever imagine. When we take our reality for granted, we become stagnant and limit our possibilities.
This feels like the equivalent of a christian's credo or something.
I do believe it profoundly. I believe that's all it takes for it to be true (well, according to my philosophy. . . ). When was the last time you assumed the best of people when your 'instinct' was to believe their motives are questionable? When is the last time you gave a person the complete benefit of the doubt when they are in a poor condition, suffering or in a bad place?
To me, that is the politics that will give this world a fighting chance. The rest is just bullshit.
I know it is the cliched artist in me
but that's okay
perhaps its a cliche for a reason (which has coincidentally become a cliche as well)
I have recently re-acquired a working album of Lauryn Hill's "Miseducation of. . . "
and it brings me back to a younger, probably generally sadder, me.
Althought perhaps it came from a more self-absorbed place, it feels like I had a lot to be sad about then. I guess it could be considered 'normal' teenage stuff, but I think regardless of how many people went through a similar thing, it doesn't mean that we should be very nonchalant about it and just consider it something that is to be expected. I think a lot of the 'truths' people learn come from a real harm inflicted upon them, whether intentional or non-intentional.
Take for example:
that's just the way life is
nothing comes for free
the only person you can trust is yourself
if somebody does something for you, they want something for you
humans are innately selfish
etcetera. . .
My point is, is that I believe human consciousness is a collective effort. The way we treat people around us makes both their and our reality, and that is more powerful than we could ever imagine. When we take our reality for granted, we become stagnant and limit our possibilities.
This feels like the equivalent of a christian's credo or something.
I do believe it profoundly. I believe that's all it takes for it to be true (well, according to my philosophy. . . ). When was the last time you assumed the best of people when your 'instinct' was to believe their motives are questionable? When is the last time you gave a person the complete benefit of the doubt when they are in a poor condition, suffering or in a bad place?
To me, that is the politics that will give this world a fighting chance. The rest is just bullshit.
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