Together

Most things out there that makes us happy would involve "together." Eating. Partying. Marriage. Family. All these things bring people together and they are usually synonymous with being happy. So, in other words, together is usually a good thing!

Whenever I am at a friend's party or a family gathering, I am usually in a good mood for some reason. Maybe because I haven't seen some of them for a while? Or is it because the smiles and laughter of the others are rubbing off on me? Whatever it is, the feeling of togetherness is pretty much..... magical. It imbues us with this uncontrollable and sometimes unexplainable sense of joy. It doesn't even have to be a big group. When I think of all the things I do for fun, like playing a sport, playing video games, or watching a movie, having a person by your side makes everything so much more interesting and enjoyable.
Which is why I would never do something fun by myself unless I really have to. It just seems like such a waste when I'm not sharing it with someone else.

Alone

I don't think any of of us are truly alone. The feeling is all in our head. Unless someone is stranded on an uncharted island, we all have family and/or friends that we can turn to and get help from. 

Being "alone" is probably the feeling we get when things in our life are not going so well. The times when we feel that everything in the world is going against you and that wherever you go, some misfortune is lurking somewhere to get you. I am sure we all have had those days before. On days like these, we feel as if no one can help us which leads to us being "alone." But like I said before, this is all in our head. We have friends or family that we can talk to and work things out with. 

Some could argue that I am alone write now as I am writing my blog. In a literal sense it could possibly be true, but there are people living in my house, people living around me, and people online for me to talk to. If people actually feel like they are alone, they are only imprisoning themselves from the outside world. There are so many people out there, they just have to take the initiative. 

Save the Earth, Do this!

Our Earth is slowing dying. The cause of it? Us. We create the problems in the world and we are the ones who aren't doing anything about it. People say that pollution is destroying our Earth, but where does pollution really come from? Greed. Laziness. Gluttony.
We consume more than we actually need. We take and take but we never give back. We sit by and expect things to come to us instead of doing it ourselves. These are many of the issues that affect our world today. Nobody is perfect and I am sure all of us have committed one of these acts before, but that does not mean it's okay to constantly do it. I think the thing that drives people to act this way is because they probably think it's okay for them to do it because others are doing it as well. People like to take the easy path than the more difficult one. The easy path is smooth and easy to walk through, but the reward and the benefits to society is minimal. The difficult path...... is the more difficult one. The path that has many bumps, detours and road blocks, but it is the path that must be take to make ourselves and the world a better place.
Give back to society. Help those who are in need and consume enough only to survive. It is hard to ask, since I probably can not do it myself but I think that is one of the best ways to save the Earth.

Invisible

Invisibility. What is it really? How can we describe something that can not be seen? I think the idea of invisibility is all in the mind. It is based on how we perceive it. Like the main character in the book Invisible Man. It can be argued whether he was truly visible because in a literal sense, people around him were able to see and talk to him. However, the subject of invisibility in philosophy is more about how we perceive it. The main character was there, but he played no significant role. He was only a cog of a machine. Expendable.


Is it a bad thing for us to feel this way? I have different views on it.
People who feel like they are well known and useful would not feel invisible. They feel as if they are the machines that run the world and that they aren't being controlled by the world. They have a very optimistic view for themselves.
Then there are people who feel invisible. Feeling invisible makes our life seem... dull. We walk down the hall of school and you feel as if people do not acknowledge your existence. This feeling would bring despair but... I think that this feeling can be turned into a strength. This feeling can be the motivation for us to become someone great, for us to live a life outside of the machine.
I believe that we are all invisible. We are all cogs in the machine, but some of us evolve into a bigger and more important cogs. A cog that if it were to be removed, it would cause a bit of chaos in the machine but eventually it will still be replaced. It is true that we are all replaceable, but that does not mean I will accept it. Accepting it would destroy any meaning, any value in life. Invisibility may seem like a weakness, but it can definitely be used as a strength as well.

Movie Review

So many movies that I want to review.... but I guess I will just do the most recent one that I have seen. It is the movie The Town directed by Ben Affleck. This movie has just about everything..... intense action, good acting, a nice story, and a good lesson is taught.

The movie starts off with a group of experienced bank robbers going for a heist. Ben Affleck's character holds the bank manager hostage but he ends up forming a connection to her. Throughout the movie, Ben Affleck's relationship with the bank manager ends up ruining their bank robbery group. My short plot sounds a little lame, but you will understand what a good movie it is when you go and see it.

The movie is packed with some intense gunfights and probably one of the best car chases in movie history. Some very good acting is displayed by Ben Affleck and Jeremy Renner. One of my favorite lessons that the story tries to teach is that you can't just change yourself without paying for the mistakes you have made in the past. Spoiler alert: Towards the end, when Ben Afflect decides that he wants to get out of the bank robbing business, he finds himself in quite a bit of trouble.

The lesson I learn in the movie can be directly applied to myself. I expect to get good grades and be good at stuff like music and sports, but I haven't paid for being lazy in the past. Anyways, this was a really good movie and I think anyone should watch it when they have the chance to do so.

Art Review

I am not too familiar with famous art pieces or artists, so I had to go online to look up some pieces. I searched famous art pieces and I found this piece by Vincent Van Gogh called a starry night. I know there are different interpretations of this art piece, but I will give my own opinion of it.
The many stars in the sky can light up the world in mysterious ways, giving us a sense of hope. But when there is hope, there is also doubt. The towering black plant looking thing represents the doubt and the evil in this world. Another way that I see it is that everything looks dreamy and bright because it is being compared to the dark plant. The "beautiful" in this world are made more "beautiful" because of the "ugliness" in this world. People in this world only want more because we compare. We only recognize "beauty" because we  see some people as "ugly."
Sure, Van Gogh was in the mental asylum when he painted this but just because you are insane doesn't mean you are stupid. His painting here shows so much that the interpretations of it could be unlimited. In a way, he was a philosopher of his own.

We Have the Right

We have the right.... or do we really? Who or what is it that determines what we have the right to do? We live our life, doing things that we see as the "right" thing for us to do, blindly following a path. No one is there to tell you whether or not we should keep going or if we should stop because we have the "Right" built into all of us.
This blog makes me question everything around me and my motives in life.. Sure, I have the right to do whatever I want right now. Not only do I have the ability to do it, but I also have my parents to back me up with whatever decision I make. But, instead of doing something that it is worthwhile, I feel like I lose a part of myself everyday. More paths, problems, and questions pop into my mind. Having the Right to do whatever want might sound like a good thing, but in my case it seems like it actually limits me instead. I would want to do something but I always hesitate because I think of the other options that I can be taking instead.
I have the right to just lay on my bed and to just give up but I choose not to. The right to do whatever I want should be a blessing, a blessing that should not be forsaken. I guess what I should work on in college is to determine where all this freedom can go to.