Walls.
Any kind of relationship is like a wall.
I think Pink Floyd unconciously suggested more than they meant when they wrote "All in all it was all just bricks in the wall".
A friendship, a family tie, a sexual encounter, a marriage, even a nemesis or the link between you and your inner self. You build it. It can be built slowly or quickly, with good or bad foundations.
Once its set up, you and others then stand back and look at it.
Sometimes it will appear totally flawless, and only when you get in close and look up along the side, can you see the cracks and chips and lines and bits of dodgy paintwork.
A lot of times you can look and see a load of roughly cut stone slabs but, even then its enough to keep sheep in their place.
Walls are generally built for a purpose. Usually to keep something or someone in. And as with personalities, they can be used to block things or people out. Telling the world "this is mine and nobody can get to it" OR "Back off, Im not letting anyone near me".
They can be built to define status and power, and occasionally contain ornamental structures within. But these are only walls and they will be knocked down then rebuilt when the next owner comes along with a different attitude or approach.
Almost any analogy you can find to do with relationships can be applied to a wall. It needs to be strong to survive, and with bad groundwork and not enough research and effort, it will come crumbling to the ground. It all depends on what you need your wall for. A wooden fence with a gate to escape from, a solid brick masterpiece to build a home within.
It doesnt matter how you build your walls though, because they all suffer the same. People will try to climb over, time will pass and things will grow over then obscure it, dents will appear, the bricks will be tarnished and whether your wall stays up depends on you.
Maintenance. Sometimes a raging fire will burn it and you will have to work hard to build another on charred ground. If it happens often, you rebuild with the ashes on the outside, making your walls tighter and closer. So no one who enters can see what you've tried to forget and cover.
I was watching "Scrubs" today and something Elliot said maid a LOT of sense to me.
"A person doesn't have to be perfect to be exactly what you need"
I think Pink Floyd unconciously suggested more than they meant when they wrote "All in all it was all just bricks in the wall".
A friendship, a family tie, a sexual encounter, a marriage, even a nemesis or the link between you and your inner self. You build it. It can be built slowly or quickly, with good or bad foundations.
Once its set up, you and others then stand back and look at it.
Sometimes it will appear totally flawless, and only when you get in close and look up along the side, can you see the cracks and chips and lines and bits of dodgy paintwork.
A lot of times you can look and see a load of roughly cut stone slabs but, even then its enough to keep sheep in their place.
Walls are generally built for a purpose. Usually to keep something or someone in. And as with personalities, they can be used to block things or people out. Telling the world "this is mine and nobody can get to it" OR "Back off, Im not letting anyone near me".
They can be built to define status and power, and occasionally contain ornamental structures within. But these are only walls and they will be knocked down then rebuilt when the next owner comes along with a different attitude or approach.
Almost any analogy you can find to do with relationships can be applied to a wall. It needs to be strong to survive, and with bad groundwork and not enough research and effort, it will come crumbling to the ground. It all depends on what you need your wall for. A wooden fence with a gate to escape from, a solid brick masterpiece to build a home within.
It doesnt matter how you build your walls though, because they all suffer the same. People will try to climb over, time will pass and things will grow over then obscure it, dents will appear, the bricks will be tarnished and whether your wall stays up depends on you.
Maintenance. Sometimes a raging fire will burn it and you will have to work hard to build another on charred ground. If it happens often, you rebuild with the ashes on the outside, making your walls tighter and closer. So no one who enters can see what you've tried to forget and cover.
I was watching "Scrubs" today and something Elliot said maid a LOT of sense to me.
"A person doesn't have to be perfect to be exactly what you need"