uniquity July 15th, 2010
Well, while we are still playing the movie quote game, as in yesterday’s comments, here is the caption for today’s photo: “You are not a beautiful and unique snowflake. You are the same decaying organic matter as everyone else, and we are all part of the same compost pile.” Shouldn’t be that hard to guess…
It’s a topic that Matt and I have discussed at length before, and one of my favorites, because it’s sometimes hard to pick a side… Do you think people everywhere are mostly the same, or mostly different? In other words, is there even such a thing as being unique? Basic needs for water, food and shelter aside (although some might argue you don’t need food or shelter (and some of us prefer to just eat, ahem, roses)), I like to think we are all mostly different. Perhaps this is a romanticized view of the world, or maybe that’s just my public school education lingering on, thankyouverymuch Bushy Park Elementary. I think many kids are taught from a young age to believe that they are different, special, one-of-a-kind. There is no one else quite like you!
But then there are cases against this, like the power of the internet for example, when you find someone else on Facebook that loves the smell of skunks , collects elephants, thinks “Little Giants” is the best movie ever, and can sing every lyric of every Old 97′s album… wait! I thought that was just me……..
In the end though, I think we are all different because of the way we think. Even if you took the most seemingly similar two people, their thought processes would always be different, even on the same topics. You can’t account for the human mind and the way it works when you compare people. Some may say, “great minds think alike,” but I think this falls to into the category of coincidence. In other words, there are some of us who, yes, may be considered decaying organic matter (have you ever ridden the metro in the summer???), but I don’t think we’re all part of the same compost pile.
Happy Thursday to you, our very special Juxtaexposed reader.
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July 15th, 2010 at 2:48 pm
wow Twaz, what a great head scratcher you’ve given me in my otherwise boring work day. first of all, i’m pretty sure that the quote is from Fight Club, although I prefer the more famous “Jackie’s mine- bitch!” as uttered by Brad Pitt on my college freshman dorm room wall poster… I think you bring up a good arguement. I don’t know what to think sometimes. I think we are all pretty different, but in the end we are all just dogs trying to get a fricken bone. But then again, I couldn’t do what some people do, like I have no idea how electricity works, or how to draw a non-stick figure person, or even how to talk in public…! Everybody has their talents. But kids these days are forced into this idea of self entitlement. You can’t get F’s anymore? Please… self esteem day? Whatever… But oh well, like you said I guess it’s that hoco public school system YEAH WFES!
Maybe my hero and the greatest man to ever live, FDR can give us some wisdom?:
“Remember you are just an extra in everyone else’s play.”
July 15th, 2010 at 3:42 pm
Alright now we are delving into some deep philosophical conundrums. I like, I like. I was going to type in “Fight Club” earlier but, I didn’t want to steal the spotlight. BTW, tomorrow you must quote something from , “Tombstone” and then we will have talked about the three greatest movies ever made in three consecutive days.
I think to find the answer to your question (which may not be an answer at all) you must look to a very well known symbol of eastern culture. The yin and the yang. Of course there are a million ways we are all alike, and a million ways we are not. There in lies the understanding of how all things work. The mother of all riddles. The greatest paradox of all: that we are here to ponder our own existence at all. Day is not without night, hot not without cold, fast not without slow, etc, etc. Things could not be any other way.
And now to clarify I leave you with my favorite En Vogue lyrics, behold: Tick, tick, tick, tick, tick, tick
On and on, time goes on, never stops,
Just goes on
I’m seem forever, since time began
So full of mysteries we don’t understand
Searching for answers and remedies
As problems plague us like an enemy
Round and round in circles we go
Will we ever stop, nobody knows
Running with the hands of time
Always reaching, still we seem to find
Time just marches on
So many blinded by life today
When will we realize love the only way
It’s time to wake up
‘Cause times have changed
Time waits for no one
It’s a crucial game
July 16th, 2010 at 7:56 am
haha, love it. all things tied back to En Vogue. And I agree with you David about Tombstone, a great movie and an even better delicious frozen pizza line.