Δευτέρα 11 Δεκεμβρίου 2017

Expect nothing/something



You slept expecting the end of the world and you woke up in a world that was the same as yesterday's; cold, loud, and irrelevant. And you realised that what you have been seeking every morning was nothing but the reassurance of waking up and facing the familiar – whatever that is to you.
Whatever I am to you.

Δευτέρα 22 Μαΐου 2017

The dead tree blues

Once upon a time, there was a tree. It was tall, and green and alive. And then the years passed and the world changed and the tree died. And what was left of it, was its carcass, floating in the river, creating a pleasant stop for the birds. 

Τρίτη 28 Μαρτίου 2017

I'm just saying...

The social norm has forced its members throughout the years to behave in a certain way that consequently has urged them to follow a certain adaptation path which is called deliberate hypocrisy.
In order not be considered a wacko one should sharpen daily one's ability to behave as expected; be friendly regardless the circumstances, have friends, make compliments about one's appearance, show affection, care and empathy to others and the list can go on and on, but at the same time one is bound to be blunt, racist, self-centered and narcissistic.
The point is, even if one doesn't consciously or even subconsciously believe that one should act in this "proper" way, one will have to readjust in order to be socially acceptable.
Because a society that cares progressively more about pushing people to the edge, or humiliate people to a despicable extent, so the former can post on social media a viral video, is a society which with equal progressiveness rots. But within this rotten society, it can be manifested that there are numerous of uprising leaders. And what can be easily extracted as an outcome is that, regardless of the initial state of mind one had before entering this "socially appropriate circle", by one's exposure to the unfiltered, poisonous to the mind and never-ending cheering for more jungle, one's mind will eventually readjust, reconsider and surrender to this zoo.
When something is considered socially unacceptable, for instance being racist, but a person starts making fun of a specific race and this person receives positive comments about the joke, then it is more probable the jokes will continue, the clapping hands will increase and eventually the racist jokes will become a "norm" and not too long after, the race segregation will be considered common sense like the prohibition of smoking next to an oxygen gas cylinder.
But behind this socially acceptable or this social norma, hides a society that is more educated, more liberated, more equal (?), and it should have been expected that the people within this society are ought to become better, take the world a step forward, rather than creating and expanding a society that wants people to behave "properly" but at the same time tolerates racism, hypocrisy, backstabbing and promotes and favours its members according to who is the biggest misanthrope.

But in the end, who am I to have an opinion, right?

The fundamental state of action in order to maintain a favourable equilibrium between human interactions; hypocrisy, or better known as diplomacy.
Don't forget to apply daily.