I Have an Idea
I have an idea
I don't have the audacity to say "I know"
I can't afford to say "I have faith"
And I'm reluctant to say "I believe"
But I have an idea
Knowing seems so final
So stubborn
Because the truth is that I know nothing
I have lived and will live only so long
I have been and will go to only so many places
I can claim unlimited truths
I can prove those truths with logic
But what proof do I have that logic is truth?
Knowing is too final.
I have an idea
I can't afford to say "I have faith"
And I'm reluctant to say "I believe"
But I have an idea
Faith could get me in trouble
Earn me contempt
Because the truth is faith is knowing without proof
I have been told many things
I have learned many rules
I can claim unlimited truths
I can prove those truths with quotes
But what quotes are the truth?
Faith will get me in trouble
I have an idea
And I'm reluctant to say "I believe"
But I have an idea
Beliefs might be kind of wishy-washy
A cop out
Because beliefs are somewhere between knowledge and faith
I believe things I've been told
I believe I need proof
I can believe unlimited truths
I can see logic in those truths
But I'm not quite committing
Beliefs are wishy-washy
I have an idea
Ideas never commit
Or promise
Because ideas make no claims and have no proof
I think something might be
I think I'd like to know
I can think of truths
I won't claim those truths are true
But I don't have to
Ideas never commit or promise
I have an idea
Friday, May 25, 2012
Thursday, May 24, 2012
5 Attempts At Something Profound
First, I'd like to apologize for the delay since the last post. I've had a lot of things I've had to take care of this past month and haven't been able to focus properly on my writing. But I have time now to jump back into it.
I'd like to return with something I hope to do on a weekly basis. You see, I'd like to have said something profound. I want to say something that makes life-changing sense to someone. Whether it causes them to think in a new way or it sums up what they already feel I want to affect someone with my words- even if they misunderstand my intent (because in my mind, that's the point of art and writing).
With that said, I'd like to present to you five attempts at something profound. Using the random topic generator on http://www.blogtap.net/blogtopicgenerator/, I'll take five topics and comment on them in the hopes that something I say will be profound. Are you starting to understand the title?
1)Your worst enemy.
I've outgrown the use for enemies. There is no doubt that there are people who I don't care for and people that need to stop what they do, but making them an enemy won't help. It is far better to fight against a bad situation than a bad person.
2)Movies to watch alone in the dark
That's inappropriate.
3)George Lucas
You can stop judging me for not liking Star Wars. I personally blame you. By the time I was mature enough to understand it, the pop culture references to it ruined the story.
4)Taking walks by yourself
I take walks by myself. I enjoy the chance to quietly think to myself... but I do that all the time anyways. I'd much rather have someone to share those thoughts with.
5)Television Series that have gone bad
I only have a rudimentary understanding of the finances involved in television production. But network executives cutting production costs because the production is sub-par seems to be counter-intuitive.
I'd like to return with something I hope to do on a weekly basis. You see, I'd like to have said something profound. I want to say something that makes life-changing sense to someone. Whether it causes them to think in a new way or it sums up what they already feel I want to affect someone with my words- even if they misunderstand my intent (because in my mind, that's the point of art and writing).
With that said, I'd like to present to you five attempts at something profound. Using the random topic generator on http://www.blogtap.net/blogtopicgenerator/, I'll take five topics and comment on them in the hopes that something I say will be profound. Are you starting to understand the title?
1)Your worst enemy.
I've outgrown the use for enemies. There is no doubt that there are people who I don't care for and people that need to stop what they do, but making them an enemy won't help. It is far better to fight against a bad situation than a bad person.
2)Movies to watch alone in the dark
That's inappropriate.
3)George Lucas
You can stop judging me for not liking Star Wars. I personally blame you. By the time I was mature enough to understand it, the pop culture references to it ruined the story.
4)Taking walks by yourself
I take walks by myself. I enjoy the chance to quietly think to myself... but I do that all the time anyways. I'd much rather have someone to share those thoughts with.
5)Television Series that have gone bad
I only have a rudimentary understanding of the finances involved in television production. But network executives cutting production costs because the production is sub-par seems to be counter-intuitive.
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