Tonight I have been contemplating what it's like living a modern life. I don't really like it, it seems fake to me, the whole individuality thing. To me, you are what you are naturally, no one, no culture can change that. Everyone has always been an individual and also a member of a group since the world began. The modern age certainly places profound emphasis on being a lone wolf, a one of a kind, the Ubermensch. Modern lit glorifies and embellishes rugged individuality, as if it were a good thing. When has it ever been a good thing to be alone and miserable? Marlon Brando and James Dean epitomize the modern obsession with rugged individuality. I have never had a burning desire to BE an individual, I've always been one, I've always wanted to be part of a group. Maybe it's the grass is greener....
Maybe that's the modern dilemma, there's no middle ground, it's either or.
Individual or Group
Capitalism or Communism
No in between. Wow. That sucks!
As my good friend Addy nicely put it: "things are getting more extreme today"
I agree with her. Where's the old equilibrium? As the world goes on, things are being pulled away from the middle, political parties, people, just think of the concept of polarity...
bipolar disorder, it's a modern phenomenon that represents the world being "pulled apart"
It's almost like a good game of Tug of War, male and female, everything's being pulled apart.
It's sad, but true.
Society's crumbling and it's not just a disease spreading in the U.S. it's all over the globe.
So what is my choice? To be stuck in a quagmire trying to keep my own equilibrium, a steady in between, I guess that's my choice for the rest of my life.
