Janet CollinsCan you feel that ?
December 16th 2006 13:53
Van Gough - portraying his own depression
It is a well-established fact that the human race is infinately selfish and our decisions are driven, primarily, by personal interest. I have learned in my prepubescense that people need to be heard, thought about and pampered. But that's a luxury some indulge in more often than others. And that is what it means to care about popularity.
So when a man I knew nothing of shared his insecurities, his fears and a piece of his temperament, I was confused, concerned and helpless.. To be fair, our federally-governed welfare system provides what it can financially, but money is a man-made concept, and its inception brought nothing but a distraction from we all truly value - emotional health.
Aside from counselling - which has firmly established a stigma - our concepts of charity, compassion and equality are merely tablets for the symptoms, not an antidote for the cause. Through the industrialisation of society, have we lost our intuition - our sensitivity to emotional overtones and has apathy, on a subconscious level, replaced compassion?
If someone were dying, drinking too much or crying incessantly - how would you help them?
| 68 |
| Vote |
Add To: 
subscribe to this blog
Comment by katyzzz
Photography Tips
MS Paint Art
Apathy is HERE.
Yes I felt Van Gogh's depression through his art, good pic you've come up with.
Dying I can handle, the other two less well, crying I might do OK with, drinking too much, unfortunately, in the majority of cases it's here to stay.
Yes, I do care, but, nowadays it's easier not to.
We have lost much of the true wealth of the life experience.
katyzzz