RE: Shared Experience
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Ahh, quite loving this.
This is my type of subject and one that I'm often pondering lots.
Recently we've seen a clash with the subjective and the objective. Or what I like to call it, nature versus nurture.
If you've been watching US Political discourse -- and I'm sure that's swept like a cancerous plague over your lovely world over in Australia -- is that people are running around saying,
"My lived experience"
And then of course there's other people running around saying:
"Fuck your lived experience"
And yet one thing humanity never seems to grasp is that life is a healthy balance of both.
I could see you in the UK one day in the Tate gallery and recoil in disbelief -- every Australian I've ever met have been nasty drunk beer swilling shrimp on the barbie wife beater -- and therefor rush over and tell you to get out!
This is my experience.
Objectively, to you, the onlooker, whoever's watching -- I'm being a crazy man. Ha.
In my life I've come to think life is about balancing both. Wondering what in the crazy man's life has led him to act in such a way whilst helping you get to safety.
But then also understanding that not everyone thinks like me, and it's not holoz0r's job to have empathy for the crazy man, or vice versa.
Now I'm rambling haha!
Never stop rambling, mate - it is important for us to be the outliers in a community otherwise interested in just being the toughest, "baddest" , "more ruthless dude" in the room.
The sooner people realise it isn't about ALL the money, and just "enough" money, the "pursuit" becomes meaningless, the "booze" becomes meaningless, and being left to enquire on those things that make you "less hungry" for success, like Art, writing, music, philosophy, the more fulfilling life becomes.
Ah, you've coined my feeling. I've never wanted to have gazillions of money.
Only enough!
Because I do like to think about history, art, culture, etc.
I'll forgive a lot of distasteful language from you, mate; but suggesting booze might be meaningless is a bridge too far. Downvoted.
I am slowly moving away from it. I'll see you Thursday at the pub. I'll be driving this time, though :p