Sentiment on Life in 2010
Everyone sees the world at an angle. We take this angle and squeeze truth into a corner by itself and express ourselves with our perspectives on life, defining right and wrong, heaping hopeful teaspoonfuls of objectivity into the mix. But are our angled views so much definitions as they are opinions? In the end, who is right or wrong? Moreover, what is right or wrong? That which we have defined through our opinions, so that each one of us see it differently? Interesting. But I digress! Here I was hoping to reflect on 2010 as a whole, exemplifying the opinions I observed. I’m not a historian, or a scholar, or an editorial writer. I rarely send my opinion in angry letters to people with whom I disagree or those who service my car and screw up royally. Instead, I’m going to offer you my perspective, my personal angle, on life this year.
Any time is a good time to reflect on the past, but the end of the year seems to be the natural time to engage in such rumination. But how many of us do this? Do we take the opportunity to grow and learn? One can hope. This hope, along with Change, was a common buzzword among pundits this year. I recently discovered this hope best described in Kanye West’s latest album My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy.
My first experience with this album came in the form of his “Runaway” video. I was working on a lab for my class and naturally to get away from that, I started looking around youtube. The video struck me as one of the most creative things I’ve seen this year. I disregard most Kanye critics who describe him as an egomaniac obsessed with making sure he truly is “the voice of a generation”. Instead, I urge them to look into his soul and see all of the pain he’s put forward in his video and his music. What you’re hearing isn’t normal artistic free reign borne from some kind of oppressed childhood, deep love and loss, or some kind of singular inspiration, but something different. He is creatively expressing himself as every good artist does and not trying to be something he’s not. He’s been through pain and suffering to know what it’s like well enough to sing about it. This album is a voyage describing the light at the end of the tunnel of his internal conflict. I expect we’ll be hearing more great things from him. Just you wait world, just you wait.
Going back to the state of affairs in 2010, I found myself trying to exercise more and gain some weight. I succeeded at exercising more but failed at gaining weight. I need to work harder at that. In addition, as a personal goal, I’ve wanted to work harder at everything I do. Working hard keeps me from being lazy. Plus, it pays off in the end. In that vein of thought, I started graduate school which has been fun so far. I expect I’ll start feeling tired of it soon, but it hasn’t happened just yet. I’m excited to finish one day though.
I think I had greater expectations for myself when I started writing this post 6 months ago, but I think this is exactly what I wanted to say.
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