The Dark Side of Genius

If there is anything that can be said about dreams and longings, it is that they…are hard to express. It is difficult transmit into words the oddness of an image, the comic-grotesque distortions of inner time and space, the weird amalgams of feeling that leave people perhaps a little more aware of their deepest responses to life and a little more unsure of the artifice with which they so often cover themselves.

-- The Dark Side of Genius

Are we so deprived as individuals or more blind to the things around us that we no longer understand the simplicity of this world? Being deprived is a normal response I think, because we all want more. Its human nature to be curious, to want to explore, to yearn for the best we can possibly achieve…not in all cases though. I have been talking to my sister, who thinks that life should be much more complex and interactive than what she is experiencing everyday now. She has a child, but doesn’t comprehend the fact that single mom’s with deadbeat dads have no lives. The majority of people in the world are subjected to working, eating, daily chores, and than to bed…only to wake and experience the same loop again for weeks until the breaking point, which maybe a vacation, or a change in ones life is the need is desperate enough.

The constant loop - if it were a programming loop, right away we would have to eliminate it, because loops freeze up systems, drain resources, or well as simply put they never end. Life isn’t a program, yet there are similarities and unfortunately we do not question our own loops. Human’s tend to just accept defeat rather easily. Loops have various commands depending on the language you choose to use, some examples are “next”, “random”, “skip”, “while”, “iterate”, and “prev” to name a few. If you were say stuck on a particular rut in your life…you could simply select the “next” element, or “skip” elements until you find the one you desire, “while” passing through the needless data. Would we be anymore aware if we could shape our own destinies? I think we need that hardship, that rut every once in a while to spur the motivation to want more; to drive yourself further than you ever expected.

Philosophy has no immediate influence on the great majority of mankind; it interests only a small number even of the thin upper stratum of intellectuals. While all the rest find it beyond them. As quoting my sister "Why are you talking about weird stuff?" lol. What a Dolt! In essence, I should just talk about my sexual encounters, trips, and drunken ordeals, that's all anyway really wants to read....