MODeRATION

One of my biggest philosophies in life is "everything in moderation." And in fact it is applicable to EVERYTHING we do. Although the other day, a friend of mine told me that "everything should be taken in moderation, even moderation itself."

Now although this is counter-intuitive, because if you take moderation in moderation, you aren't taking anything in moderation, I do believe it has value and makes sense. For if we, as human beings in this monotonous world, had to take everything in moderation, what would there be that is different. Any extremism is bad, but if you can keep a balance between extreme and moderate you have the right recipe for a balanced live that's also exciting and different.

The Saviour

These halls paced forever more

Door after door

My body wary

And mind

Thirsty

Locked

To my touch

Jingle of keys in distant fog

Tells the saviour has come

His hands caress the long ornate escape

I leap and am freed

No longer a prisoner of my own

For I was saved

Saved by revealed truth

The saviour who bids no fear

Dwells on patience

Feeds on misconception

I was rescued

Beyond understanding

I was inspired

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Sorry for the terrible poem, but i felt like trying to be a poet for a day. It's more about the concept really. I was thinking about people or event that teach us beyond the point of understanding but inspire us. This may be our English teacher or even God. The point is, you leave with an enlightened awareness of life and beauty and you are no longer trapped in your mind through confusion. 

Foe or Toe

Teachers are sadistic. End of.

Exams start Friday and i have two tests on Thursday and no time to study... and for some reason time just doesn't want to stop or slow down for me!! That's one thing you can be sure of in life: everything will come to beginning just as everything must come to an end because time waits for no one!

In other news: I was painting in the cupboard under the stairs (artist Harry Potter) and then the door slammed shut in my big toe. Oh my Asians! It's turned out to be much more serious than i first anticipated because 5 hours later my toe was still throbbing in excruciating pain.... this is not called for at this moment in time!

2 and 2

Yesterday I had a discussion with my fellow philosopher Ms Dekker about what defines intellegence. We came to the conclusion that intellegence (although I cannot remember our exact words) is a person's ability to understand the extent of their stupidity.

The theory comes down to the fact that if you are a true intellect then you are able to understand that there is so much that you will never understand and that everything you learn merely scratches the surface. Although a person's inability to accept these terms could also be classified as ignorant. It's quite a complicated theory, which shows the extent of our own stupidity.

Although, one must also ask yourself the question as to where the line between intellect and wisdom merges? This I do not know, but I believe it comes with age through learning from the mistakes we make.

I think we (Ms Dekker and I) should study philosophy....

Experimentation

Whilst editing some photos i decided to attempt to create a logo for my photos. It is supposed to be a minimalist 'M'. Also, the top picture was totally an art accident. Life without art is just lame....

Necrophobia

Necrophobia is the fear of death or dying. Although, I don't believe there is such a thing as a fear of 'death.' I suppose you get people who fear the actual act of dying, but I don't think you can fear passing from this world to the next.

My reasoning is based on the fact that people don't fear 'death', they fear dying without achieving what they set out to do. I believe people fear leaving this world and not having made any impact on it, or at least I am. 

Although my dear friend, Ms Dekker, gave me an interesting view on the topic. She said that the fear of death boils down to human nature. A fear of the unknown. We do not understand death, therefore we fear it. Makes sense.

Hope you enjoyed that. 

Polarity

Last post I was quite harsh to ignorant people. The reason I say this is because I myself was ignorant about the topic. Although, my ignorance really was bliss and I didn't make negative judgments based on my ignorance. This, I suppose, is acceptable.

Had a really nice weekend. Two birthday's, both very adequate and had a great time. I realized again, that I am very awkward meeting new people. I'm working on it though. 

Had to work super hard to catch up work today though. I won't complain though, it's one of those things. With matric comes work. 

Haters be Hating

Today I was told that my grammar leave's a lot to be desired. So, i will attempt to improve on that.

There are very few things that make me extremely angry and make me want to punch the world in the face. One of these things are people who are negative about everything and don't even try to see the world in a good light. It's not just negativity, it's opposing everything for the sake of being heard. 

This may sound petty, but where this is coming from is the Masterchef South Africa Facebook page. All people can do on that page is comment about how they hate everything and how they don't agree with things and how they could have done so much better through implication. 

It's just pathetic how people want themselves to be heard. I am so disappointed in the general moral of our current society. People view things in the mindset of wanting it to fail. People want to break things down and tell everybody about their negative attitude towards life. The way people judge others when they have no idea of the capabilities of their victims. Ignorance is not bliss, it's the unwanted, unsubstantiated opinion of those who know least of what they are talking about. I was so angry and upset that I felt physically sick. 

This just made me realize, that I must be destined for greater things, because I do not want to fall into a crowd and be associated with a race that shows no compassion. There must be some aspect which can set me apart from the rest. I'm not trying to say that I feel superior over these people, I just feel that I don't want to end up on the same route as them. 

This isn't about the television show. It is much greater than that. It's about the fact that we are developing into a society where nothing is good enough and we think we can do better. 

Coastal Breezes

Made the 1000 view mark!! didn't get a prize, not even an e-mail. Oh well, I'm still pretty happy with my personal achievement.

I took these photos from the balcony of the house we were staying at in Arniston over the December Holiday. Slow shutter speed is my specialty, I love experimenting with it. 

Had an epiphany the other day but forgot what it was, probably wasn't that good then... maybe I should start carrying around a little note book. Then I could write down all my spontaneous thoughts and theories. 

However, I do have something for you. I came to the conclusion the other day: You should stop trying to understand people, they don't make sense at all! People don't know what they want or why they want it. People are just... just weird.

Also, it is unbelievable how much of a bitch somebody can be. There is actually no other word for. Some people just make it their life mission to try being a bitch in the pursuit of being 'cool.' How I wish people could just realize that the social hierarchy is a fallacy created by the people at the top to make themselves more powerful. "Cant we all just get along!" 

1000 and beyond

966 views in total for my blog! I must say, that number is quite surprising. I'm going to post a link on Facebook and hopefully we can boost this number up to the big 1000 in one night, that would be super awesome!

These are just more pics from our holiday in the mountains.... sorry for my very depressing post last week. I wasn't having the greatest time ever. Although it's much better now, because I just decided "whatever bitches! Think what you want. I have nothing to prove!" You should try it, it works.

On the school side of thing, I actually think I might get an aneurysm! I have been working non-stop trying to catch up work and finish projects and tasks. Art is just taking over completely and I think all art students would agree that this is starting to get slightly ridiculous. What choice do we have though, we have to do the work. 

I must say, it would help doing homework and listen in class, so i don't have to try and catch up over weekends and end up having no time to study for tests... oh well! i'm done venting now. 

That is all

Peace out