Jiminy Christmas
Sweet Jiminy! Is it possible to feel so many conflicting feelings? Is it possible to be consumed by petty things? Yes, the fashion industry is evidence of that - but I mean: is it reasonable to care so much about things that do not matter? Or at least things that you've never thought mattered much before? I just looked behind me. There was a window there. The blinds were open. I felt naked. I felt cheapened, some spectacle in a window visible to any passerby. Any person. People who are probably absorbed in avoiding being seen themselves - or absorbed in attracting others' sights - to notice me in my little window. So often we need to stop thinking about what we look like in our little displays, or how our window front compares to that of some others'. We should instead cultivate the product (of sorts) behind that facade - behind that storefront of superficiality. Oh brother, that blasted storefront. Why spruce up the window if you won't let anyone come inside? Not people who are just looking. Real investors.
2 comments:
wow...very profound. I'm going to read it over and over again until it fuses with and becomes an indelible part of the marrow of my soul.
Nice. I've felt this way before, but never expressed it. So often I feel like I'm always on display, when in reality no one cares about how I look as much as I care how I look. Great composition, even better message.
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