American society is in crisis. Correction, American society’s generation X/ME is in crisis. Amidst the contortions of body image, self-worth, purpose and existence, we are readily heading toward a generation filled with ignorance, lack of knowledge and of purposeless existence. We have become numb to the idea of war, protest and justice. Our vocabulary has been replaced with Britney Spears, divorce, MTV and that’s hot. Our children wear low cut jeans with their pre-teen undergarments peeking through as this, THIS, is the latest fashion statement. See me, I own a macbook and never once has my underwear made an inappropriate appearance. I’m serious, I’m useful and I will make a difference. But as I was saying – it has become more apparent in our over-sexualized, individualized even, lifestyles that any type of worth placed on thought has been switched with the latest Louis Vuitton (of which I own three) and the notion of celebrity. It has taken root in the very recesses of post modernism where collectiveness has sizzled out into survival of the one.
But of course that is art and life is not art, or perhaps it is…that is too open-ended for my declaration so please omit this sentence.
The situation is this – how do we awaken a generation encapsulated by an armory of commerce and e-mail? How do we bring back true vision and revamp a staggering desire to be diluted into an insatiable want of knowledge? Revolutions have given way to numbness. We live amongst the de-sensitized foes of our own making…some of which are us.
I can’t escape the propaganda. The most elusive feeling in life is compassion. I haven’t quite figured out if it comes with age or if it’s a genetic disposition. I’m inclined to say that both have their roles, but COMPASSION! HUMANITY! Where is it all going? How do I speak calmly about something infuriating? I have a theory about the human psyche. I believe that people have the ability to bring themselves out of whatever tragic, mind-altering, devastating scenario they may find themselves in. That’s the beauty of the human mind actually, is that we have the option of escape. But sometimes this “escape” mechanism transforms into something truly moving. It becomes self-determination, ambition and fortitude. If not, it becomes a vastness of space. -A lucid experience of floating and drifting aloof in a world of impending decay. It then leaves the choice of “reality” and an alternate interpretation of what is actually surmising.
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(Of which you own three). That made me laugh a little.
Somewhere along the way, man set down his tools and went to the village bonfire. The problem is he never came home and got back to work.
escape can lead to two things: resilience, and living inside your head. it's always our choice to make.
is it me, or did i just summarize the last paragraph? XP but then, aren't there still so many wars to fight? have we gotten tired, or just allowed ourselves to become cynical?
this post really got me to thinking. ^^ oh, and i envy you your macbook, hehe...
There is good and evil in my books and this is where the story plays it's self out everyone knows the ending, at least they're suppose to
Escapism, ignorance and numbness require confrontation.
Apathy is a disease and its progress must be stopped. Anger is a cure. Action is a cure.
Kill television. Subdue commercialism and consumption with compassion. Shed light upon darkness. Show cruelty and evil for what they are.
Let every act, every purchase, every purpose be riddled with goodness. Neutrality and appeasement are part of the problem.
It's a war, and people who care should realize they need to mobilize.
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