03-21-2019, 04:28 AM
I find it funny how for most people, myself included, we need something to believe in order to keep ourselves going. For some it's religion, for people like us, it's art. It's as if our consciousness left a hole in us that's always hungry for some grand narrative or mythology that explains ourselves and our surroundings.
That's what I like about art though. It doesn't explain; it shows. Then I can do the explaining on my own. Religion seems to remove everything in between, like a sandwich with just (holy) bread.
Our self-awareness is the reason we know that that's us in the mirror. And we're obsessed with our reflections, like narcissists; and the minds of these guys are perfect breeding grounds for delusions.
As for writing about politics I mean, whatever we write is bound to piss off someone so politics really isn't so different. I advocate for a lot of positions that are left wing but I feel like there are more things to capture in writing about misinformation, poverty, mass-shootings than statistics and why medicare is a right and shouldn't be left to the free market.
I'm just babbling so some of this will probably not make sense or none of it will. Just trying to contribute to the dialogue
That's what I like about art though. It doesn't explain; it shows. Then I can do the explaining on my own. Religion seems to remove everything in between, like a sandwich with just (holy) bread.
Our self-awareness is the reason we know that that's us in the mirror. And we're obsessed with our reflections, like narcissists; and the minds of these guys are perfect breeding grounds for delusions.
As for writing about politics I mean, whatever we write is bound to piss off someone so politics really isn't so different. I advocate for a lot of positions that are left wing but I feel like there are more things to capture in writing about misinformation, poverty, mass-shootings than statistics and why medicare is a right and shouldn't be left to the free market.
I'm just babbling so some of this will probably not make sense or none of it will. Just trying to contribute to the dialogue