someone might look at me and not be able to comprehend what is going through my head, or why i'm one way one minute and totally contradictory the next. but i do know that i could be born, live, and die in this world and not have done a single thing worthwhile but if i met people, maintained fulfilling relationships with them, exposed myself to things i couldn't have discovered alone... then my life has been more gratifying than i could have ever asked for.
mike has his politics. he wants to ban the war on drugs and otherwise impose his libertarian views. alex has his philosophy. he wants to sit at the head of his bed (naked, preferably) and read exhaustive volumes and analyze himself to death. but me? all i want is to be around people, in their presence, to observe our social workings which i think deep down is the root of everything, be it politics or philosophy or love. yeah i have my art, and my music... but what i love most about art is the quiet expression of the subject's face in the photo, the sheer spontaneous instant caught in motion, and what i love most about music is the way his voice carries just a touch different in the second verse than in does in the first, or how it swings up instead of down in the chorus. whereas this might make breathtaking art or heartstopping music, to me they are subtle yet extraordinarily revealing signs about the people behind them.
because this way they touch me, the whole world does, and then i mean something too.
mike has his politics. he wants to ban the war on drugs and otherwise impose his libertarian views. alex has his philosophy. he wants to sit at the head of his bed (naked, preferably) and read exhaustive volumes and analyze himself to death. but me? all i want is to be around people, in their presence, to observe our social workings which i think deep down is the root of everything, be it politics or philosophy or love. yeah i have my art, and my music... but what i love most about art is the quiet expression of the subject's face in the photo, the sheer spontaneous instant caught in motion, and what i love most about music is the way his voice carries just a touch different in the second verse than in does in the first, or how it swings up instead of down in the chorus. whereas this might make breathtaking art or heartstopping music, to me they are subtle yet extraordinarily revealing signs about the people behind them.
because this way they touch me, the whole world does, and then i mean something too.
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