Just another stream of thought from a mind off its rocker. You know who you are; thanks for the epiphany. – Marocharim
So long as we have failed to eliminate any of the causes of human despair, we do not have the right to try to eliminate those means by which man tries to cleanse himself of despair.
- Antonin Artaud, The Liquidation of Opium
Today was a time for rather interesting epiphanies.
I never had a pretense or intention of doing something noble, both as a writer and as a blogger. I write for a living, I blog for fun, and I’m not good at either. Those occasions where my political and social entries do influence people to some degree are just that: occasions, streams of thought, instances of thinking out loud about the what is and the what should be. Those opinions aren’t exactly well-thought-out, and mine is not the most resonant voice in the crowd.
I always believed that having an opinion beats having none at all. Having the knack of articulating that opinion has to count for something. All this is not in vain… yet somehow, even that’s questionable. The interesting epiphany is that maybe it is; as a friend of mine said, it’s not my job to save the world.