TWANG.
Art : WALK.
By Sakuan.
TWANG.
Do the thing, speak in a twang for me, I want them to hear.
Putting people on a pedestal, putting the rich on a pedestal, putting people with a different skin color than you on a pedestal, trying to impress others, by doing things that’ll put you above them, or doing things you hate just so you can fit in, be on the same level with them, or look cool in their eyes. Looking for pride in places that you shouldn’t look, subjecting yourself to the dark in the name of searching for validation in times that you don’t need to. Trying to show people that you or something related to you has advanced in life more than they have. Trying to show off in front of family members or friends at the expense of other people’s privacy, feelings, or willingness for lack of better words. Things like these put people in tough positions, whether it be the person whom this is happening to or the person who performs such things. Most of the time both people in such scenarios are products of their environment. Does that fact excuse them? Should that excuse them? I don’t think that’s a proper way to live life in general. It’s not good for you and not good for the society for an individual to act unruly just because that’s all they know; I think it’s an individual’s responsibility to strive to become a better human being than they are right now. Sure, you might have gone through a rough childhood, a childhood that no one can fathom, but in the end, it’s your responsibility as a person to leave the world better than you found it, that’s what I think. We should always strive to be and do better.
Handling things like this puts people in weird situations. Situations that I would personally not like to be in, not now, not ever. I believe some of you guys out there have experienced what I’m talking about, whether it be with loved ones or acquaintances. People using you as a way to validate their own skin, metaphorically but also literally sometimes. This is something that burdens my conscience because it has happened to me a couple of times, and more often than not it always makes me feel bad for feeling bad in the first place, and the vicious cycle is more brutal for me than I would like it to be.
Relativity.
One good example is people who walk around showing off their significant other as a way to validate themselves and stamp themselves in society. Showing off how pretty your girlfriend is or how handsome your boyfriend is to other people. Is that an ego thing or a pride thing? And why does it even matter in the first place? It happens, I’ve seen it happen, and that was not the end of it. Maybe that’s the way of human beings or maybe I feel this way because I’m a private person and I would prefer little to no eyes at all in my personal life.
Oppression.
Oppression to the point of admiration is what I think happens with most people in a society. (Reminds me of the Stockholm syndrome.) Oppression to the point of admiration, I think it’s the emotional subconscious mentality or response to if you can’t beat them then join them. Does that phrase or saying work in any scenario, maybe or maybe not, and if it does to what extent should we go along with it? Where do we draw the line? I wonder. You learn or experience something and that’s the only way you know how to react to that thing, what does that mean? Well in my understanding, that’s saying that you’re more likely to treat other people the way you know how to treat them, and not necessarily how they should be treated. If problems around you were solved through violence when you were younger, then you’re more likely to solve problems through violence when you’re an adult. That brings one question to mind, something that different people have different beliefs and feelings towards.
Discipline.
People who discipline their children by beating or spanking them. Is that a good thing? Some people think it is okay, and some think it’s abuse. Is beating or spanking your seven-year-old child teaching them that violence is a way of getting results? Or is it teaching them that what they did was wrong, and before they do it again, they would weigh in the consequences, and your hope is that they decide not to do it again. Makes me wonder, however old you are, can’t you find a better way other than beating or spanking your seven-year-old because they didn’t do something as small as eating their vegetables?
Some people would argue it’s okay to spank or beat your kids because it’s part of their culture and that’s all they know and it has worked for them, does that justify it though? Just because something is part of your culture it doesn’t make it right. A good example, before August 18, 1920, it was a part of America’s culture that women weren’t allowed or couldn’t vote, case in point, just because it’s a thing your culture does it doesn’t make it right, just because that’s all you know it doesn’t make it right. That’s all I’m saying.
I Finished reading [The Good Lord Bird by James McBride] on February 27, 2022. –(Took me 23 days – This was my tenth book)
I started reading [God is Not One by Stephen Prothero] on February 28, 2022.
