Watching good will hunting (starring Matt Damon and Robin Williams) for another time after 6 years illuminated me of certain philisophies I couldn’t capture last 6 years. It stroke me hard, as if I am seeing myself, full of anger, disappointment, and discontent. I see the abyss of my reflection... The all-times-anger, pushing people away before they start leaving or hurting me. I am developing a huge distrust over anyone surrounding me. It’s classic. It’s called self-defense mechanism. But mine is much bigger than anyone else’s. I know, i know it very well.. it s called selfish. It’s called insensitive.
Perhaps, I need to sit down and figure who i was more clearly before i can figure out who i am. When i stand in that fancy room during the public lecture of Sri Mulyani, I can only tell myself.. i could have done a much better speech, it s an utterly/completely superficial word game. Articulation? I can do better, mimicking? I can do better. But why people listened to her and not me? Are people grading her for who she is rather than what she actually said?
Again, i know, i know... there are more to life than intelligence.. there are experiences, there are people skills. Seriously... i am fed up of it... i know the limit.. i know there are certain norms, courtesies, whatever bullshit meaningless dictions you want to assign to it. Nonetheless, it does not excuse you from being a complete failure... When i present good social skills, they tell me you are not intelligent enough, when i present magnificent intelligence, they tell me intelligence is no everything...
They tell me good is not enough and intelligent is not enough. It is not what i have that is not enough, it s what they have that is not enough AND because i have more than they do, they are fucking afraid of me...
I m sick of this hopeless world sometimes. It s even remote of any hope... Sick fucked up humans... Stupid fucking maggots... they will waste their whole lives living as a fucking slave in a jail
The irony is i m living in it. People (philosophers) coin it as a structure i can’t escape. It s a structure that defines me... I can't be a free person if i dont live in a jail, right? I can't be liberated if i have never been jailed, right?
The struggle is painful, fucking tormenting... To want friends and hate friends... to want love and hate love...
It s all so lonely... all the sounds and sights are just meaningless. My attempt to assign them meaning are not only difficult but also ridiculed...
Perhaps, i need to take a break... perhaps, complete insanity can liberate me from this jail? Just like leonardo di caprio in shutter island? Insanity liberates me from social norms, “people’s feelings”, pretense, hypocrisy, the want to be a conformist, the want to belong to a group (if not majority, certain class of people)... I need to be free... AND freedom to define “free”..
Why do you want to be good? Why do you want to be intelligent? Why do you want to be listened to? Are you trying to reach for your highest potential?
ReplyDeleteIt's pretty alone up there at the top of the food chain, isn't it?