The reason the opinions of others don't define you isn't because your opinion is the only one that counts, but because you are not reducible to any human efforts of definition. The only being who can fully know you and understand you without reducing you to a stereotype or an idol is God. This does not mean that you don't have a 'true self.' You do. But it is just not one that you are burdened with creating. - Alan Noble, You are Not Your Own
I agree that the scroll magnifies negative social and personal dynamics (insecure self-presentation, need for prestige, pretension, swirling mobs of hate, master manipulators, the whole dunciad). I see it especially in younger people, and painfully, in my own children. I waited until high school to get them phones and macbooks, and still regret it. All that said, I do enjoy a good satire from Robert Charbonneau now and then, so the scroll isn't a complete waste of time!
Thank you Matt. There's all of that, but also you do find good stuff on the Scroll. But the way it calls us forward, the way it comports us, and casts us in stone, very strange.
I wrote them when I was still using Twitter, before it went to hell, to show up on people's feeds as they scrolled. But I bet they'd work in a chapbook too. No need to feel bad about using the internet though. Plenty of healthy ways to use it as much as unhealthy
As I read, it occurred to me that it is ludicrous when I feel disappointed at failing to win a game I do not want to play. Thank you for that moment of clarity. Unfortunately, I will need to be reminded again soon.
The reason the opinions of others don't define you isn't because your opinion is the only one that counts, but because you are not reducible to any human efforts of definition. The only being who can fully know you and understand you without reducing you to a stereotype or an idol is God. This does not mean that you don't have a 'true self.' You do. But it is just not one that you are burdened with creating. - Alan Noble, You are Not Your Own
I agree that the scroll magnifies negative social and personal dynamics (insecure self-presentation, need for prestige, pretension, swirling mobs of hate, master manipulators, the whole dunciad). I see it especially in younger people, and painfully, in my own children. I waited until high school to get them phones and macbooks, and still regret it. All that said, I do enjoy a good satire from Robert Charbonneau now and then, so the scroll isn't a complete waste of time!
Thank you Matt. There's all of that, but also you do find good stuff on the Scroll. But the way it calls us forward, the way it comports us, and casts us in stone, very strange.
*dark*
I love this rhyme scheme.
Thank you Clara!
You should put these in a book so that I don't feel bad about reading them on the internet.
I wrote them when I was still using Twitter, before it went to hell, to show up on people's feeds as they scrolled. But I bet they'd work in a chapbook too. No need to feel bad about using the internet though. Plenty of healthy ways to use it as much as unhealthy
There are, I just thought it was ironic.
As I read, it occurred to me that it is ludicrous when I feel disappointed at failing to win a game I do not want to play. Thank you for that moment of clarity. Unfortunately, I will need to be reminded again soon.
Thank you Abigail. I had the same clarity writing it. Loving the Hospitable series, btw.
That series has been such a joy for me. I’m happy to hear you are loving it too!