October 23, 2006

Latent Relevancy...

I think
just maybe
this is backwards
and it is better that way

I know
they say
this is backwards
but it is better that way

uncultured
without cause
uncontrolled
without pause
uneducated
without loss

passion beyond words
and all he can do is type
but eventually
someone will find it

This is about how people meet backwards on the web by matching interests rather than being limited by many arbitrary social norms, geographic, or other barriers the real world offer. It is also about how innovating on any front means that people are going to want to ostracize you in spite of your beliefs being more true than conventional wisdom.

The first two stanzas are repetitive to show a sense of self doubt when coming across new experiences...is this right for me? How can I justify the past if this is how it should be?

The third part is when you allow yourself to fall out of the norms of society you can actually find out who you are. And you have to be willing to be ridiculed and labeled and talked down to in order to create your own value systems and reach your true potential. Most people probably never get past this stage because there are so many business models and social organizations reliant on people not getting past this stage.

The last part is about the fear and frustration knowing that you can't express yourself in ways that other people care to understand, maybe you will never find yourself, or you will be unable to share yourself with others, or even when the right people find you that somehow fate has determined that your paths cross only briefly, and that others who appreciate you may not exist until after your time has come and you are gone. Sorta like how Van Gogh never held his self belief long and was not appreciated much until after he died.

Posted at October 23, 2006 12:31 AM
Comments

Reverse engineering! Aww, you're such a good poet. Definitely not an a**whole ;p

That is the whole idea... if you reverse engineered the relevancy algorithms and pool of information to show you as an authority about something you care about people with common interests should be able to find you.

And then maybe they would want to work with you, or be your friend, or improve your view of the world, or help you grow on an emotional front, or help you believe in yourself more, or help you become a better person, or if they fit really well with you maybe all of the above.

Listen to Thom Yorke's Atoms for Peace...in spite of his success, in that song you can hear him finally starting to conquer his lingering self doubts because he was passionate and driven and lucky enough to attract the right types of people into his life, who were able to make him enjoy life far more than he would otherwise be able to.

Reminds me of an UNPOC song. Hmm...

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