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Mostly thoughts from a time before I began to change myself.
But I'm changing that.
Showing posts with label story. Show all posts
Showing posts with label story. Show all posts

Tuesday, November 29, 2011

[tl;dr If current things bore you, try making something that interests you.]

In HS Philosophy our teacher had posed a question: is it better to be a fool satisfied or Socrates dissatisfied?

[I looked this up online just now and apparently Mill had said that "it is better to be a human being dissatisfied than a pig satisfied; better to be Socrates dissatisfied than a fool satisfied".]

At the time, I analysed it, I figured Socrates is better off, because I valued my intellect.
After some time, [of I suppose an amount of getting over the most oppressive of the realities of the world]
I came to think that the fool had it best, that ignorance is bliss.

I might assert that ignorance is indeed bliss. But I do not think that it is the best path. After some time I came to think about the nature of dissatisfaction. I came to reason that there should be things that I can change, or things I can make.

Sunday, October 31, 2010

What I want to do

Through experiences, I have recently come some conclusions. One of which is that each person has unique interests. From this, I inferred there is only a single way one can experience a story or work of art that would fully appeal to his or her tastes. The way to do this, of course, is to create as much as one can. One could write stories, create art, and write music that would appeal to him or her in ways that could not be appreciated by most others. This also creates something that may live on for some time after other memories of the person have.

A story can easily influence many people to do something in the future. It could result in someone writing his or her own stories, doing something mentioned in the story, or could just be a source of inspiration and imagination for someone who enjoyed it. I wish to learn to write better than I do, and create what can be created with my imagination.

It seems that the best method of creating something of quality in this vein would be to have many experiences. With my education, I also hope to gain valuable insights and ideas from my work, as well as encounter a wide variety of people. For, after all, human contact is one of the reasons everyone does not simply learn from books.

I am hoping to provide a valuable and enriching addition to any environment that I am in, and my education is a step toward doing just that.