Thursday, June 25, 2015

A Beast or a God

"He who is unable to live in society, or who has no need because he is sufficient for himself, must be either a beast or a god." -Aristotle

Either way, both are pitiable fates. The beast cannot live with society because it is feared and rejected. A monster is an entity that is not normal. A god, on the other hand, has no need for society. Humans seek connection because it gives them the illusion of being normal, of being connected and accepted by their fellow creatures. Gods are already connected. They are accepted and is acknowledged by all it rules over. But they are utterly alone as well. The world is them. They don't have a home because their whole world is their home. Meanwhile, monsters don't have a home. It's something unnatural and doesn't belong anywhere where the normal exists; it can only go where the normal doesn't exist. The question is, which one do we fear more? The one that's different or the one that has absolute power? 

Monday, June 15, 2015

There is no normal...

There is no normal. There is only the majority. Therefore, everything that mankind has deemed normal can, in fact, change within a moment's notice. Before an apocalypse, the normal life included going to work, watching TV and going to stores to buy supplies. Afterwards, the norm would be to simply survive. Whatever is perceived by the majority is what is normal. So basically, human society is based on the subjectivity of our brains.