thou shalt not conform when thou could blaze thy own path..

Provoking Individualism

Ever been provoked to do something nice but naughty? Out of random or self-preservation?

Something that makes one feel tantalizingly gooey on the inside? Puts a smile on one or whistling as one walka with that extra spring in one's steps?

Well, it's been quite some time since I was provoked to take a stand on anything.

I guess, society nowadays is pretty mild as everyone tried to blend in and making beige out of everything.

Just the other day I was discussing a topic on one nation, but the paper said there's no such thing as one nation in this country as we are made of many different colorful things and people.

If we'd hav blended in, then we'd be like sporeans.

Anyway, digressing..I was just thinking, wouldnt it be great if one walks down the street and there's this person performing; splashing paint on a white human mannequin, trying to make color coming alive thru spontaneousity, not worrying bout who's doing the cleaning up or if one's gonna be fined over the display of life celebration?

Or when one walks down the lane, seeing a few ppl doing somersault and showing some sparks for life.

We keep on seeing all these zest on commercials, but in real life, it all existed only in our head.

Is it so wrong to embrace diversity and difference in our daily lives? Being eccentric and not caring while at the same time..remain refreshingly original?

I can imagine how the ppl would feel when they tore down the wall of berlin, or when one swam w the whales to promote world peace or ecology rights, or make a fashion statement out out of the spur of the moment or when one was handed their first car key.

Free to be anything, free to dream and free to dip one's feet in the cool water..

Here's to freedom.

"Take a stand on individualism." - Anon

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posted by M.E. # 3:12 PM

Comments:

Heck no! We can't do those things!

Have you heard of the so-called maturioty chase? We're in a society that's hung up on the maturity chase, besides the ridiculous paper chase.

Doing all those things would be IMMATURE and totally WRONG and totally UN-grownup and totally uncool.

Phew ... what a facade to keep up these days..

# posted by

Anonymous : August 22, 2007 11:58 AM

Hola Mangled,

Havent u heard, adults are only kids in disguise.

They all wanna make mistakes and took some pride in making it without getting caught.

Besides, what's the point of commercials selling all those facade when it's not an unspoken desires amongst adults?

Yrs back, being cool is wearing the right clothes and mixing with the right ppl. Nowadays, being cool is all about standing out and being original.

So, as for ur comment on maturity chase..personally I think it's merely an illusion of reality.

# posted by

M.E. : August 22, 2007 12:13 PM

hitting precisely the nail on the head ! :D

that's the so-called maturity chase - merely an illusion we give ourselves.

We know deep inside our hearts that being cool is about standing out..but we mostly stop ourselves from being passionate, from letting out - don't want to be labelled anything uncool, now do we ;) ...like being immature.

peace!

# posted by

Anonymous : August 22, 2007 12:36 PM

5 min break - great topic. More more more!

# posted by

Anonymous : August 22, 2007 3:19 PM

thou shalt not conform when thou could blaze thy own path..

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