Recently (very recently) somebody told me something that made me rethink exactly who I was claiming to be. After years of "finding myself" (or so I thought), one statement made me think that everything I thought was a fraud. This horrified me. Am I really all for self-motivation, self-realization, self-interest? Is Mrs.Rand really my true role model?
"Every man—is an end in himself, not the means to the ends of others. He must exist for his own sake, neither sacrificing himself to others nor sacrificing others to himself. The pursuit of his own rational self-interest and of his own happiness is the highest moral purpose of his life."Have I really been exercising the complete opposite of this and living in some blinded reality all along? Or should one person's opinion, one who isn't very articulate to begin with, be able to change my views of myself?
Too many questions, not enough answers. I'm not too worried, though.
On another note, i've been moleskining like crazy lately, given all my spare time and such.
take a look:
my attempt at some space painting
this one reminds me of the basic units of life, intentionally of course
and this final one is a work-in-progress :)
We cannot reason ourselves out of our basic irrationality. All we can do is to learn the art of being irrational in a reasonable way.
Elia, your moleskins are so incredible. I've done nothing productive with mine. I especially like the basic units of life. That could've helped me big time in biology.
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