I’ve been quite reflective as of late. I’ve also been fearing the end of the world, but I chalk that up to populism. I’ve been listening to the zeitgeist and understanding how things can slide one way or another although how they slide might not actually be about the reality. Take Captain Marvel as a prime example. This movie has become about being a female heroine and pleasing the ‘generation of females who grew up with Danvers as a hero’ while ignoring (openly) the truth of the Captain Marvel character in Marvel lore. But it isn’t about the truth. Not much is anymore. We’ve become a world built around the ideas more than the action or the actuality of things. We are in a world where Trump can be the scion for religious right at the same time that they rail against everything that he is as a human being.
Zeitgeist is generally defined as the spirit or mood of a particular period of time and I feel like this particular period is defined by image as things went in the middle ages. I feel most strongly about this when I watch situations like Brexit and the Trump election unfold. I also feel like the smartest people in the room are the ones pushing image in one direction or another by causing friction between the polar ideas occupying the headspace of the most fringe people in our society. This is a problem. This is the way things have gone cyclically in our world. Sad to see we are cycling towards such a thing again.
Some Thoughts:
- Personally, I think I can be happy with just a handful of things in my daily life. So long as I cuddle with my lady, hear, read, or write something interesting, and maybe play a game I’m good for the day. Anything less than the first two and the day is not good. If I miss all three I’m gonna revolt.
- Funny how I define so much of my reality in threes.
- Or less funny than funky math.
- One of those days, I guess…