if you could destroy or create what would you rather do?
That was a question I got on a previous entry. Yay, feedback. Feedback makes me feel like my opinion actually matters to somebody, so I like it! Hooray for feedback, hooray for being honest to the point of crudeness.
(Wow, and the last entry was about dishonesty, too. I’m just full of irony today.)
I remember first thinking about creation versus destruction a long time ago. In fact, it was so long ago I don’t remember what caused me to think about it. But it didn’t take long for me to decide that creation and destruction are essentially one and the same, just like Good and Evil. (But that’s another entry.) Every time something is created, the world changes, even if only a little bit, thus destroying the previous way that reality was. And every time something is destroyed, a new reality is created. It’s all very metaphysical, but then, I never meta physical I didn’t like.
(Sheesh, what is up with the jokes today?)
But most people aren’t interested in metaphysics. What about creation and destruction in a more "layman’s view"? Usually I would go and define what exactly "creation" and "destruction" are, but even my philosophy-addled brain can’t stretch that far, so I’ll just assume everyone is thinking of roughly the same fuzzy concepts I am.
Personally, I generally prefer to seek understanding, rather than either creation or destruction in general. I can literally feel my brain doing workouts when I learn something interesting and new (actually, I should probably get my head checked for that). The feeling only happens if I’m actually interested, which is why algebra class always made my grey matter ooze out of my ears. (Take that, Mr. Wilkins!)
Usually I find creation to be tedious unless it involves applying abstract concepts I am trying to get a feel for, or if I’m just exercising my imagination. Destruction tends to be very satisfying and virtually always amusing, but it takes a while to set things up so that it doesn’t backfire on me. In other words, I’m a mental person...That came out wrong.
I will readily admit to often taking pleasure in misfortune upon people I don’t like, and occasionally cause it myself. I haven’t done anything illegal yet, don’t want to get a criminal record, but I do like to vent my frustrations in a concrete manner every now and again, preferably in ways that can’t be traced back to me. The more creative, the better. Hmm, should that be considered creation and destruction?
Ah, I’m rambling now. I’ll write a bit more later, about people I’m prejudiced against. Not gays, Jews, blacks, or muslims, but dentists. I hate dentists.
