it's a bipolar world after all
So... lately I've been thinking about my other blogs, about showing our skin and ourselves, and this has actually been on my mind quite often this past year. I've come to believe what the whole entire world already knows, which is, that the world needs all kinds of people, and that's exactly why there ARE different kinds of people.
When it comes to some things, I think that reservation can be a positive attribute. In fact, I think that these people tend to gravitate toward situations and careers that require this attribute. Science, engineering, surgery, etc. Pretty much any emergency situation, where emotions can impair one's ability to act. Some jobs and situations require a certain amount of detachment, as much as I hate to admit it.
But in other fields and situations, there are people who are constantly spilling their guts, and if they don't, it doesn't work as well.
In all aspects of art, people have to have a willingness to be vulnerable, and even to broadcast that vulnerability. There are fortunately people in this world who actually seem to have a NEED to broadcast their feelings, emotions, thoughts, experiences - and when they are doing this through their art, that is when they are poised for success, because if they are holding back, people won't really "get" it. It just tumbles into the abyss. If it ever even gets off the ground. and I don't neccessarily mean that they will achieve financial success, but that their goal in creating a work that will be able to effectively reach people will be achieved. And some people may say, "Yeah it's the important jobs that require reservation." Well ok, then stop spending your important money on music, books, movies, plays, etc.
Just like it's really great that some people are just so funny all the time, and always make us laugh. And some people are there to talk with and help us reflect on ourselves and the world around us. And some people are just so fun and carefree, and others are so responsible. And we're grateful for all of them. And sometimes we get lucky and have a little of everything in a few people, but I think sometimes an extreme is a necessary evil.
So our strenghths and our weaknesses are often the same thing. (which everybody already knows) Sometimes I think that it's our imperfections that are perfect. Cause they're just the perfect thing. Like they were designed to all work perfectly together. I have another theory about this, but it's going somewhere else. Too big for blogging. But anyway, I'm going to try not to judge poeple (including myself) for not being more whatever, because then the world would be imbalanced.
Which it already is. Because there are of course things that we should all try to improve on, like not persecuting and killing people, and stuff like that. But I'm not talking about that right now.
Just like we say, "How can they be like that?" but we use whatever business or personality trait it is to get what we want, like cheap food, cheap merchandise, surgery from someone who doesn't break down crying every time they see someone injured, or emotional support from someone who is totally detached from their emotions.
Now of course there are situations where these extremes count for many of our trials in life. A dad who is a surgeon and emotionally unavailable; a friend who is a great artist and compassionate but has a hard time doing pretty much anything else because she is always freaking out about every little thing. But hey, we can figure this out, right?
When it comes to some things, I think that reservation can be a positive attribute. In fact, I think that these people tend to gravitate toward situations and careers that require this attribute. Science, engineering, surgery, etc. Pretty much any emergency situation, where emotions can impair one's ability to act. Some jobs and situations require a certain amount of detachment, as much as I hate to admit it.
But in other fields and situations, there are people who are constantly spilling their guts, and if they don't, it doesn't work as well.
In all aspects of art, people have to have a willingness to be vulnerable, and even to broadcast that vulnerability. There are fortunately people in this world who actually seem to have a NEED to broadcast their feelings, emotions, thoughts, experiences - and when they are doing this through their art, that is when they are poised for success, because if they are holding back, people won't really "get" it. It just tumbles into the abyss. If it ever even gets off the ground. and I don't neccessarily mean that they will achieve financial success, but that their goal in creating a work that will be able to effectively reach people will be achieved. And some people may say, "Yeah it's the important jobs that require reservation." Well ok, then stop spending your important money on music, books, movies, plays, etc.
Just like it's really great that some people are just so funny all the time, and always make us laugh. And some people are there to talk with and help us reflect on ourselves and the world around us. And some people are just so fun and carefree, and others are so responsible. And we're grateful for all of them. And sometimes we get lucky and have a little of everything in a few people, but I think sometimes an extreme is a necessary evil.
So our strenghths and our weaknesses are often the same thing. (which everybody already knows) Sometimes I think that it's our imperfections that are perfect. Cause they're just the perfect thing. Like they were designed to all work perfectly together. I have another theory about this, but it's going somewhere else. Too big for blogging. But anyway, I'm going to try not to judge poeple (including myself) for not being more whatever, because then the world would be imbalanced.
Which it already is. Because there are of course things that we should all try to improve on, like not persecuting and killing people, and stuff like that. But I'm not talking about that right now.
Just like we say, "How can they be like that?" but we use whatever business or personality trait it is to get what we want, like cheap food, cheap merchandise, surgery from someone who doesn't break down crying every time they see someone injured, or emotional support from someone who is totally detached from their emotions.
Now of course there are situations where these extremes count for many of our trials in life. A dad who is a surgeon and emotionally unavailable; a friend who is a great artist and compassionate but has a hard time doing pretty much anything else because she is always freaking out about every little thing. But hey, we can figure this out, right?
posted by vox @ 1/23/2006 03:35:00 AM
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