Small Talk (18)
aphorisms and short reflections
* nothing is for everyone. and only nothing. latent talent. what a beautiful and tragic anagram. the only person worth arguing with is God. if you're not ruffling feathers, you're probably feathering your nest. in the long run, bad ideas are much more dangerous than bad leaders. the worst thing about bad ideas is not that they produce bad leaders, but good followers. i don't know what media literacy is supposed to be, nor do i care to find out. mainly because it is a poor linguistic construction. grey areas are the most colorful. to perceive contrast, to distinguish, to see difference rather than similarity: this is the very meaning of intelligence. to be like God, separating higher from lower, light from darkness, and all the way down. not all those who wander are lost, as the prophet says. that's why there is no parable of the lost goat. stories are the only fool proof way to dispense wisdom and the world is full of fools. i've successfully graduated from self deprecating humor to self deprecating seriousness. philosophy is a superficial understanding of depths. creativity is a deep understanding of surfaces. if your enlightenment doesn't allow you to see all the tragedy and horror that exists in the world and does not fill you with holy anger and disgust, then it's not really a light, it's just a pacifier you suck. excuse me, forgot a comma. it's true, you didn't ask to be born. you answered. i should have paid more attention in school. there were many times i was distracted and didn't notice how stupid it was. i don't even believe in an omnipotential god, much less an omnipotent one. we heard the call, hence the fall. well, maybe not all. mormon theology had a profound, life changing impact on me. i wouldn't go so far as to say it saved my life, but it definitely saved my creativity. so in a sense, it did something even better. now there are only doctor disappointments and you don't even have to schedule them i would never want to go to heaven by default
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