There only so much that can happen in one day, as well as analyzing every single detail in it. Whether your reading a story or journal, watching a movie, or simply have a story told to you by someone else, there is just so much to look into what it has to say. The simple idea of something being so vague leaves on wondering the infinite possibilities of it meaning. Everyone has a different to interpretation to something that is said or reflected. With all the endless possibilities of interpretations and ideas, it is a great way to lose yourself to what the meaning of the matter is. Especially if every single detail is captured by a person, and then told with great detail.
If one were to document every single hour of a day, and give accurate details about visionary and dialogue, one can already learn a lot. For starters they can see the type of lifestyle the person has, and what their inner thoughts say. Not only can one take the detail, thoughts, and dialogues literally, but take it to another level where one can explore why everything happened. One can ask question on why the person thinks the way they do, why they pay attention to certain detail, and why they say what they had to say. We can often assume what has happened in their life before that day, to have a better understanding on why they did what they did.
Take for instance a phrase like “Today I cleaned my house thoroughly and was very proud of it”. What can we possibly interpret with that? One has to really dissect the phrase and ask many question and make assumptions to better understand it. Questions can be said like: Who is saying it? Why are they saying it? Why did they have to clean their house? Why did they clean the house so thoroughly? And why are they so proud of it? There are just so many questions we can ask and assume about who said the phrase. One can have many versions on why the person said the phrase. One could say that the person cleaned their house thoroughly because there were going to invite important guests or friends over. They were really proud of cleaning it because they have never cleaned their house like that before. Or one can also say this person had to clean their house because there parents told them so. They had to clean the house in order to get permission from their parents to go out somewhere or maybe even get an allowance. So many things I was able to say and ask with just from a phrase with just twelve words. With many different possibilities and combinations, I would say, yes, it is possible for a work of art to be told from one day and with such vastness. That is the beauty about art, is that one can interpret it the way they feel or assume. It can be a painting, picture, movie, book, almost anything can be created as a work of art, and the possibilities are endless.
Friday, October 8, 2010
Saturday, October 2, 2010
!HOMOSEXUALITY!
Homosexuality… It is something I know first hand about, mainly because I myself am a homosexual male. I have been gay all my life, so I’ve always had to keep close tabs on anything pertaining to homosexuality. Ever since I can remember, I knew that I was different. I’m not exactly sure how I knew that it was wrong and not normal to be gay…but I did… All I know is that I was in the closet and I had to stay there because if anyone found out; my ass was grass. And for most of my childhood and teenage years, I kept my sexuality a secret. I was always so reserved and kept to myself because I feared that if I expressed myself too much, people might find out who and what I really was. And let me tell you; it was hard to stay in the closet for so long… Living in a disguise and not really expressing who I really was, it just ate me up inside not be able to be free like everyone one else. Not having anyone to talk to about it, for fear that they might reject me…
But now that I look back, I see that as a child I was really unaware of what homosexuality was and what it meant to be a gay. I remember doing things like: playing with Barbie’s, being the mom when playing House, and liking girlish stuff like The Little Mermaid. How could people who knew me as a child, not have noticed that I would have turned out gay (like my parents)? And now that I am out, they tell me that they always suspected that I might be gay, but never questioned it until I became an adult… So why did I grow up knowing that homosexuality was wrong and why I should not be the way I was? I don’t remember my parents being religious at all. My parents separated when I was a child, but neither one of them ever went to church every Sunday or read The Bible. I know they weren’t Atheist…I was raised Catholic, but never followed it. I guess other people who read The Bible and are influenced by it, also tend to rub it off on society directly and subliminally.
For example: school and the children in it play a part in condemning homosexuality at a very young age. My fellow peers and friends in Elementary School would say “EWWWW! GROSS!” when they thought of someone being gay. How do young children know what a “gay person” was?! Obviously their parents must have told them what it was and how it was wrong (most likely referencing their religion and/or The Bible). I don’t understand how it is okay to talk to a child about homosexuality and not about sex! Most parents are afraid of talking about sex, but they will turn around and talk about homosexuality?! How corrupted is that?! Why teach something that can be used for discrimination? Why not teach something that is perfectly natural like sex? Why are they focusing on certain parts of The Bible and not the whole thing? NO ONE follows The Bible 100%. In The Bible where it says that homosexuality is an abomination, not too far from it, it says that eating meat (such as pork and shrimp) is an abomination. People who judge homosexuality are ALL HYPOCRITES! Not only because it says “Love thy neighbor”, but because most of the population at one point have eaten meat in their lives and continue doing so most likely. So I guess it goes to show how people like to cherry-pick certain things in The Bible and use it as a weapon for hate & discrimination. People always want to have something to hate, and they will always turn to The Bible to find something. I am POSITIVE that God did not intend for The Bible to be used in that way. Why can’t we all just live in Peace and Harmony?!
But now that I look back, I see that as a child I was really unaware of what homosexuality was and what it meant to be a gay. I remember doing things like: playing with Barbie’s, being the mom when playing House, and liking girlish stuff like The Little Mermaid. How could people who knew me as a child, not have noticed that I would have turned out gay (like my parents)? And now that I am out, they tell me that they always suspected that I might be gay, but never questioned it until I became an adult… So why did I grow up knowing that homosexuality was wrong and why I should not be the way I was? I don’t remember my parents being religious at all. My parents separated when I was a child, but neither one of them ever went to church every Sunday or read The Bible. I know they weren’t Atheist…I was raised Catholic, but never followed it. I guess other people who read The Bible and are influenced by it, also tend to rub it off on society directly and subliminally.
For example: school and the children in it play a part in condemning homosexuality at a very young age. My fellow peers and friends in Elementary School would say “EWWWW! GROSS!” when they thought of someone being gay. How do young children know what a “gay person” was?! Obviously their parents must have told them what it was and how it was wrong (most likely referencing their religion and/or The Bible). I don’t understand how it is okay to talk to a child about homosexuality and not about sex! Most parents are afraid of talking about sex, but they will turn around and talk about homosexuality?! How corrupted is that?! Why teach something that can be used for discrimination? Why not teach something that is perfectly natural like sex? Why are they focusing on certain parts of The Bible and not the whole thing? NO ONE follows The Bible 100%. In The Bible where it says that homosexuality is an abomination, not too far from it, it says that eating meat (such as pork and shrimp) is an abomination. People who judge homosexuality are ALL HYPOCRITES! Not only because it says “Love thy neighbor”, but because most of the population at one point have eaten meat in their lives and continue doing so most likely. So I guess it goes to show how people like to cherry-pick certain things in The Bible and use it as a weapon for hate & discrimination. People always want to have something to hate, and they will always turn to The Bible to find something. I am POSITIVE that God did not intend for The Bible to be used in that way. Why can’t we all just live in Peace and Harmony?!
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)