being profound...

I should try to write some profound shit more often.....

Usually, when I send these out, I don't get any response, I don't really expect any response. I write these for myself more than anything. Of course, I expect the normal "You're crazy man!" comment, but I know I'm crazy, so that's nothing new. It is a way for me to brush up on my writing, and it's a sort of therapy for me to help keep my thoughts straight ya know?

I didn't really expect the last listing to cause such a stir. All kinds of people wrote back with some quite profound statements of their own. I really wasn't sure what I was trying to say, or if I was even trying to say anything, just typing off the top of my head about whatever was on my mind at the time. It amazes me the things that people saw or read into what I wrote. So that has got me thinking about language.

Language is one of those funny things that allows us to communicate to one another, but I'm thinking that we're not really communicating to one another. Basically, I came to the conclusion that NOONE understands anyone else. EVER. Bear with me for a moment and let me explain.

Each individual person brings their own reality (experiences, friendships, meaning) to a conversation. It is nearly impossible for one person's reality to identically match another person's reality. Therefore if our words have a certain amount of intent behind them when we speak them, we assume that the other person understands what we're saying. So when someone says, "Knowhumsayin?", you agree because you don't feel like looking stupid or hearing them explain it again, but you don't really get what their saying! They ask, to ensure that you're getting what they say, but two people can rarely completely interact on the same wavelength.

For example, the word "love" means many different things to different people. Okay, I admit that may be a bad example, but you get my point. Meaning is never the same between the people speaking the words and the people hearing them. This was evident in the range of responses I got. I don't think this is necessarily a bad thing in this case because many people raised points that I had never thought about. I'm not quite sure how they came to their conclusions from what I wrote, but nevertheless, thank you.

To see what spawned all of this, here is a sample of some of the responses I received (names have been deleted to protect the innocent):

-c

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As for the eras that appeared to be more cultural and stood for real things,

 A lot of that meaning and value given to the times were given after the

fact by later generations, give ours a chance...

Here's a couple of examples:

The brotha's and sistas that fought for civil rights did that so we wouldn't

 have too. Many of the  idealists and thinkers ARE the corporations that

you say is making society sedated and repetitive

There is no such thing as NEW...Things are just different, reinterpreted,

or repackaged.  Hell, even newborns are a copy or reinterpretations of the

parents

Art is our last refuge, cuz most music is crap or commercial, CLIENTS

are F'ing up architecture
 
Oh, and more sex please:-)
 
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From time to time i will respond to your 'chronicles' (whether you like

'em or not). Had to share my thoughts on this one...I understand what

you are saying. I've learned that I must always have an outlet from the

secular world because the more we move forward the UGLIER it's getting

with the lifestyles/attitudes/manners/words. People just don't care. They

justify their lack of knowledge, carelessness, selfishness, excessive use

of indulging as a result of something society is "making" them conform to

rather than helping to advance the world and themselves. Instead of going

the more 'conscious' route of searching within self and learning truth,

people rather take the easier way out and just wallow themselves into a

world of me and my satisfaction. 

As to the question of has everything been done (art, music, architecture/

design)? No, of course not. Some of us (human beings that is) have this

ideal that we are the sole creators of everything that is in existence...

uh no. We are not. What that says is that we are beyond the point of

egocentricity. The world revolves around what we say and do; and we can

treat the world any f_cking way we please. 

Truth is a frightening concept for many; so they choose not to deal with

it. That is why racism, sexism, terrorism exist and will continue to exist.

 As long as there are people willing to live in a world of denial (that

certain races are this way/this event never happened/whatever goes), folks

 will continue to live foul like they are and perpetrate a lifestyle that

many can't live up to.

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I believe that you may be in desperate need of a vacation.  Familiarity

kills adventure and you must have become very familiar with your

surroundings.  



You're right, society has been getting boring for a while now but think

about it for a moment. . . You are almost 30.  Think for another moment

about something as simple as ordering at McDonalds. . . you probably don't

give it a second thought. . . but when you w!

ere three or four years old and couldn't see over the counter, there was

a whole new world back there that you couldn't wait to be apart of and you

would die if daddy didn't pick you up to see.  Really think about it. 

 

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Sometimes I think you would severely benefit from a type of Northern

Exposure type situation in which you were thrown out into the sticks for

a while. . . and I don't mean Springfield.  I mean a drastic change like

Beckly, WV where there are still roads that haven't been paved or street

lights.  You have experienced a lot of things in a short amount of time

which may be why you are feeling what you are. 

There is nothing new under the sun and history can ONLY repeat itself. 

Once the repetition begins, try to experience in new surroundings. 



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 Actually you are right on point. However, when we as a collective

decide to drop the material stuff and move into the realm of a more

spiritual based existance then I think we will enter a new age. Yes

many have claimed to have elevated themselves to this plain in the

past but if we look at it more often it was materialism coated with

a bit of spiritualism. We live in interesting times and so did the

people before us and so will the people after us but are you willing

to tap into that excitement. Initially, the price seems too high but

the returns are amazing, at least that is what I hear;-) 

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hey man, r u ok?? 

you sound pretty disgruntled, man.  you ain't gonna shoot up anyone, or

go join the taliban are you? 

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 Note: .......No, I'm not going to join the Taliban!

-c