• Feelings, Pictures, and Ideas: A very simple theory of why good stories are good [exurb1a]
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[video=youtube;k4P0YKeB_pM]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4P0YKeB_pM[/video] "And what good is a life that leaves nothing behind. Not a thought or a dream that might echo in time.."•
[QUOTE=LoneWolf_Recon;53159578]"And what good is a life that leaves nothing behind. Not a thought or a dream that might echo in time.."•[/QUOTE] I hate this sentence, video is ok but this sentence rubs me so many wrong ways because it pretty much admonishes people who just want to live simply or don't have the means to really leave anything behind. Even then, because time is such an immense thing pretty much 99.99% (yes this is a guess but lets be honest here it is the majority of people) of anyone who has ever existed won't be remembered past 50 years. One should judge their life based on their own standards and happiness, and if you enjoy a story that everyone else hates, well they can go fuck right off if it makes you personally happy. No one asks to be born and valuing a life based on what they have left behind is like valuing a plate of food based on the type of plate that is under it once you're done. Should be more "what good in life is made from your own personal goals and passions." If a man is content fishing for a living and doing nothing else then he has already achieved the same happiness as a gold medal Olympian because both have what they wanted. A good story functions much the same way in that it should be written for personal passion and not based on what you think people would want to see, hear or react to.
[QUOTE=1chains1;53159988]I hate this sentence, video is ok but this sentence rubs me so many wrong ways because it pretty much admonishes people who just want to live simply or don't have the means to really leave anything behind. Even then, because time is such an immense thing pretty much 99.99% (yes this is a guess but lets be honest here it is the majority of people) of anyone who has ever existed won't be remembered past 50 years. One should judge their life based on their own standards and happiness, and if you enjoy a story that everyone else hates, well they can go fuck right off if it makes you personally happy. No one asks to be born and valuing a life based on what they have left behind is like valuing a plate of food based on the type of plate that is under it once you're done. Should be more "what good in life is made from your own personal goals and passions." If a man is content fishing for a living and doing nothing else then he has already achieved the same happiness as a gold medal Olympian because both have what they wanted. A good story functions much the same way in that it should be written for personal passion and not based on what you think people would want to see, hear or react to.[/QUOTE] So I didn't intend for that sentence to be generalized to all people, I use it as a personal reminder. And the source is from [URL="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gv4N4T1kfmo"]Trans Siberian Orchestra about Beethoven's dilemma[/URL] to make an impact on the world. In some ways I could see how that sentence could be seen as only viewing one's life value from an external perspective but I use it as a self-actualization to measure one's worth. Like, personal growth and pushing one's boundaries. Again this is my philosophy for myself not valuing others.
[QUOTE=LoneWolf_Recon;53160085]So I didn't intend for that sentence to be generalized to all people, I use it as a personal reminder. And the source is from [URL="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gv4N4T1kfmo"]Trans Siberian Orchestra about Beethoven's dilemma[/URL] to make an impact on the world. In some ways I could see how that sentence could be seen as only viewing one's life value from an external perspective but I use it as a self-actualization to measure one's worth.[/QUOTE] Yea it is just something personal to my heart that I think affects a lot of people, like comparing what others have done at the same age or wanting to not be forgotten. I would look at people the same age as me and feel so worthless because I didn't accomplish what they had and it would eat me inside. I got over it and am a lot happier now but it did force me to change how I think and gave me a lot of insight into self worth. I just feel statements like that can be toxic to the mind because of how likely you are to be someone who doesn't make a giant impact on life/society. No disrespect to Beethoven or the Trans Siberian Orchestra as I am sure it is meant to encourage and inspire of course. Like I know not all people have felt it, but it feels like you're being eaten from the inside and sitting on a ticking time bomb to accomplish something and if you don't your life was meaningless. That is why I like a statement about fulfilling one's personal goals and following their passions to achieve happiness. It encompasses the people like you who get inspired by the challenge to impact the world but it also acknowledges that you do not have to do something unique and amazing to be happy. Obviously I don't expect you to no longer use the statement, I am just trying to express my mindset on why I didn't like it. It feels like the same vein of that social pressure in school and in life in general if that makes sense how I am saying it.
[QUOTE=1chains1;53160124]Yea it is just something personal to my heart that I think affects a lot of people, like comparing what others have done at the same age or wanting to not be forgotten. I would look at people the same age as me and feel so worthless because I didn't accomplish what they had and it would eat me inside. I got over it and am a lot happier now but it did force me to change how I think and gave me a lot of insight into self worth. I just feel statements like that can be toxic to the mind because of how likely you are to be someone who doesn't make a giant impact on life/society. No disrespect to Beethoven or the Trans Siberian Orchestra as I am sure it is meant to encourage and inspire of course. Like I know not all people have felt it, but it feels like you're being eaten from the inside and sitting on a ticking time bomb to accomplish something and if you don't your life was meaningless. That is why I like a statement about fulfilling one's personal goals and following their passions to achieve happiness. It encompasses the people like you who get inspired by the challenge to impact the world but it also acknowledges that you do not have to do something unique and amazing to be happy. Obviously I don't expect you to no longer use the statement, I am just trying to express my mindset on why I didn't like it. It feels like the same vein of that social pressure in school and in life in general if that makes sense how I am saying it.[/QUOTE] I sympathize, I too felt the gnawing feeling seeing other people accomplishing alot and me feeling irrelevant (Its a big reason why [URL="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birdman_(film)"]Birdman[/URL] resonated with me alot). So that's partly why I kept pushing to get better. Call it envy, competition or whatever its just part of my driver. One-up-man-ship is toxic as fuck and unsustainable for a happy life. I'm glad to hear you've found yourself and are living life on your terms though.
Good video. It's rather short, I feel, but it gets the point across.
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