Langour
Every once and awhile I find myself pouring over old journal entries. Juvenile musings. They actually inspire me. I was so... naive? Yet, genuine. I spoke with subtle vulnerability. I was open, the world was open. Earth and all its greenery wasn't tainted by the shadows of worldly criticism. It thrived on pure joy. I can't say whether these joys were derived from girls, friends, drugs, rebellion, music, adventure, or some other delusional teenage romance. What I can say is that I spoke with brutal honesty. I didn't hide my devilish joy, or embarrassing hurt. I threw it out there.
Nashville is beautiful. Its slowly transitioning its way to fall. The night brings a cool chill with it. Pretty different from the summer sauna.
I always fantasize about freedom. Freedom is a state of mind. It is inside your being. I judge too much. My self; others. It's in the name of reason, of truth and justice, but it erodes the value. It ruins the essence by peeling a wonderfully true experience into a fraying cognitive conundrum. It renders the experience useless. It wears it out. Its magic dissolves.
I don’t want to think anymore. I want to be. I want to exist moment by moment, feeling by feeling. I want to explode outward like a dazzling display of fireworks and illuminate the world with my sparkling embers.
I will hold no grudge with myself; nor will I hold a grudge with others. I must remember that when I judge, I am condemning myself. I am holding myself to one more impossible standard. My only standard should be to live loudly. Be boldly.
School's going alright. I haven't applied myself at all really. Not sure what the consequences of my lack of discipline will be, but I don't seem to care too much. I've been doing my best to get real with myself, to shed the bullshit facades. Self deception, in all its vapid power, has an insidious nature. "Battle not with monsters, lest ye become a monster, and if you gaze into the abyss, the abyss gazes also into you." (Nietzsche) It stole into my life and left me paralyzed; wholly entranced with its emptiness. Analysis paralysis. I don't care anymore. I just don't give a shit. It doesn't mean that I won't face my demands with a fierce resolution. It just means that I won't reserve any energy for condemning myself or others. I refuse to hold myself to standards. Standards only stifle potential. They cap it. They put limits on something that operates in a world beyond definable limits.
I love my friends. One specifically comes to mind: Ravi. Half italian, half indian, he's one of the most genuine people I've met. The real deal. There's nothing opaque about his intentions. They are out there for general review, and he's ok with that.
Lifes good. I am defiant at the moment, and I'll continue being defiant. Either existence is a heavy burden, or it is no burden at all.
Nashville is beautiful. Its slowly transitioning its way to fall. The night brings a cool chill with it. Pretty different from the summer sauna.
I always fantasize about freedom. Freedom is a state of mind. It is inside your being. I judge too much. My self; others. It's in the name of reason, of truth and justice, but it erodes the value. It ruins the essence by peeling a wonderfully true experience into a fraying cognitive conundrum. It renders the experience useless. It wears it out. Its magic dissolves.
I don’t want to think anymore. I want to be. I want to exist moment by moment, feeling by feeling. I want to explode outward like a dazzling display of fireworks and illuminate the world with my sparkling embers.
I will hold no grudge with myself; nor will I hold a grudge with others. I must remember that when I judge, I am condemning myself. I am holding myself to one more impossible standard. My only standard should be to live loudly. Be boldly.
School's going alright. I haven't applied myself at all really. Not sure what the consequences of my lack of discipline will be, but I don't seem to care too much. I've been doing my best to get real with myself, to shed the bullshit facades. Self deception, in all its vapid power, has an insidious nature. "Battle not with monsters, lest ye become a monster, and if you gaze into the abyss, the abyss gazes also into you." (Nietzsche) It stole into my life and left me paralyzed; wholly entranced with its emptiness. Analysis paralysis. I don't care anymore. I just don't give a shit. It doesn't mean that I won't face my demands with a fierce resolution. It just means that I won't reserve any energy for condemning myself or others. I refuse to hold myself to standards. Standards only stifle potential. They cap it. They put limits on something that operates in a world beyond definable limits.
I love my friends. One specifically comes to mind: Ravi. Half italian, half indian, he's one of the most genuine people I've met. The real deal. There's nothing opaque about his intentions. They are out there for general review, and he's ok with that.
Lifes good. I am defiant at the moment, and I'll continue being defiant. Either existence is a heavy burden, or it is no burden at all.