Skyline.

Each failed artwork is one step closer to the masterpiece. One day you will paint your own Mona Lisa.


Believe in the butterfly effect. Take risks, spread your wings, you never know where you will end up, and your wingflaps will bring about your perfect storm.

Those are the two ideologies that I have realised that life must be lived parallel to.  They provide the guidelines of how life should be lived.  The core of these two statements is that one must believe in themselves.  The lack of self-esteem will lead to failures over and over again.  Furthermore, if you dont trust in the butterfly effect, you can't take flight and hence you will be grounded, chained to the life that you hate, the life that you keep saying that things aren't fair.

These two statements sound simple, but why is it so hard to follow them? simple. the onset of technology has lead to the erosion of emotional expression, connectedness with others and the power of communication.  Yes it is true that our lives have been enhanced with the introduction of the internet, but it has also hindered the development of humankind as a race.  As we evolve more and more into a one dimensional society, individuals become more and more multi-personified.  What i mean is that all of society basically lives in the world of cyberspace, however each individual within cyberspace will have multiple personas. a facebook account is one, your formspring is another and your LinkedIn is one too. furthermore, if we ever can pull away from our computers, or even something like Angry Birds on our smartphones, wer not the same person that we present ourselves to have been.  If an individual continues on and on like this, then eventually they will lose all sense of what is real and what is not, and there will be severe issues that arise.  Extreme cases include those high school shootings in america.

How do we remove ourselves from this so that we can approach life with the two ideologies that i've presented? if you've ever watched Fight Club, that is a very extremist representation of what one can do.  Quit your job. throw out all your technology. burn all that crap ikea furniture in your condo. Stop trying to be like everyone else. Pursue your childhood dreams of sport, art and music. Go start a fight, trash a car. get hit in the face. dont touch drugs or alcohol. get high naturally through dopamine production. smile. make new friends. be yourself.

Once you can do that let the wind take you as far as you can go.  No matter what, the forces around you will swamp you, you should not try and change the course of history.  Never think back and say that's what i should have done, rather reflect back on what has happened and forecast on how best to ride the waves into the future. Each one of your failings is not a failing, rather it is one step closer to achievement, it is one more brushstroke into your masterpiece.

Each step you take is a tile into the completion of your life, an iconic skyscraper on the skyline of New York City, where you will stand out for generations to come.


Reflect, not analyse.  Question, not consider.
Trevz