I was thinking about this concept of being multi-faceted the other day, and there was something that kind of bothered me about it. I understand the idea behind it but I just don't agree with the execution of the phrase.
Here's what I don't like about it: the idea of one person having different sides to them sound like straight bullshit to me. It sounds like an excuse for people being TWO-FACED. Yes, I know multi-faceted means that you have various interests and various traits about you. But ... to me there's still ONE. A diamond has facets. Distinct sides. They all show a very different perspective of the rest of the jewel. I feel like one who has FACETS has not gotten to the point in their life where they have truly understood themselves.
I prefer something like a Sphere. A sphere seems so perfect to me because its COHESIVE. Theres ONE SIDE. There's a million points and each point is a unique place on the sphere. You can follow one point to the next to the next and the next and you'll be going on forever. The sphere provides unlimited continuity and infiniteness which I believe exists in people. And you can follow a straight around the circle and the point may have changed by the time you get back around. No matter what point on the sphere you look at, no matter what angle, no matter what perspective you take its the SAME SPHERE.
Cut jewels seem confused. They are cut in such a way that they appear beautiful, because each side knows how to reflect the light in such a way that catches your eye. But to me beauty truly lies in the sphere's centeredness.
I might have not completely thought this through, to the point where I can really explain myself clearly, but I hope this was enough.
Be a sphere... and keep rolling!
Thursday, April 23, 2009
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We Wear the Mask
ReplyDeleteWE wear the mask that grins and lies,
It hides our cheeks and shades our eyes,—
This debt we pay to human guile;
With torn and bleeding hearts we smile,
And mouth with myriad subtleties.
Why should the world be over-wise,
In counting all our tears and sighs?
Nay, let them only see us, while
We wear the mask.
We smile, but, O great Christ, our cries
To thee from tortured souls arise.
We sing, but oh the clay is vile
Beneath our feet, and long the mile;
But let the world dream otherwise,
We wear the mask
Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872-1906)
So, instead of having multiple aspects of one's self (facets),
ReplyDeleteone should posses enumerable ones, like a sphere? I can agree with this point, however, I think this would only be possible in environments that are conducive to 'spheredom'; an ideal world where we could manifest such a concept of perfection, like that of the sphere. Unfortunately, we are required be the world we presently live in to wear 'masks', so to speak, figurative guises that allow us to confront the artifice of the world and its 'natural' imitations while protecting the nameless and shapeless that lies behind its cover... I too wear the mask.
As do I, and I see how idealistic my words are. What I should have said is: that should be what we strive for, you know what I'm saying? Like "shoot for the moon because if you miss you'll land among the stars" and shit like that. Striving to be the best WHOLE person you can instead of admitting defeat to the powers that be and settling for a lesser version of what you could be. The eutopia you speak of obviously doesn't exist and that whole concept is imperfect in its perfection anyway. but that's another blog entry.
ReplyDeleteAnother point I'd like to make is at home I don't curse, don't talk about sex drugs or alcohol, and thats the mask I wear. But I'm still [trying to be] the same person. I still react to things the same way, it's just rated PG instead of R. There's a really good analogy for what I'm trying to say out there somewhere. I'll let you know when I find it.