I against I (still working on it)

      I guess that's the ultimate battle everyone has to take at some point in there lives to define their real identity.

      From an existentialist point of view, Sartre would define the I as being the sum of all the acts taken by that person. I can only agree with old Jean-Paul. You are what you do, how you act, and the decisions you take.

      Therefore, you can actually decide who you want to be. This is a point that a lot of people don't get. I am sick of people moaning around "my life is shit" etc. etc. - it's your fault is shit. Of course, everything is in theory, meaning that theoretically you could be who you want to be, but judging by the fact that everyone is different by their nature, talents and strengths you are a little restricted. As always, the practical part proves the theoretical one wrong, ergo the I is confused of what it is and what it can be. That's the most common phenomena in todays society. A lot of confused people, usually doing what everyone is good at: office, industrial, catering work. There are, obviously, people that are only good at this. However, it is the people conscious of themselves and their abilities, that manage to be great; you can take great how you want it: money, power, popularity, or, benefiting humanity, inventing revolutionary stuff, fantastic artists.

(After this long detour we're coming back to the...) I against I - a great tune that's been stuck in my head (again) for a couple of days, and also a great collaboration (in my opinion Massive Attack should have done a whole album with Mos Def). Besides this, it also have a very interesting theme. We are actually alone, with or without friends. This world is ours - a phrase witch you may have heard before. I understand this phrase in a different way. On the one hand, each of us see and perceive "the world" in a different way, ergo it's our own, and that creates a lot of worlds. On the other hand, it's funny how you can actually interfere with an other person's world, mess it up or make it better. This works also vice versa. Coming back to Sartre's view, this makes actually sense - we are responsible for the way we shape our world and how we make it look like, because this will affect the way other worlds interfere with us. And it is this I against I, that defines you. At the end, only one of the personalities can survive, because "only one of us can ride forever, so you and I can't ride together". Of course this doesn't apply if you have a multi-personality disorder ô_O. And if that is the fact, please leave this blog immediately. I kid.


So, which one of the I's will you choose? 


Tim - Ó