Method in The Madness

Do you ever stop and think, what’s the point of all this?

All this beauty? All this content? All this noise? All this consumption? All this life?

Not in a dramatic way, just in a monotonous, ground hog kinda way.

Do you ever stop and think, what if I moved to the mountains?

Alternatively, what if I stayed and tried to move mountains?

There comes a point in our lives or probably more realistically our days, where we face an inevitable hill of discontent.

Of confusion, dissatisfaction.

And if we choose, of rebellion, revolution, and resolution.

We get on with our day.

We march forward in another direction. We continue with self reflection.

Why do I write?

Why do I post?

Why do I converse?

What is it that I’m trying to say?

It’s a bit mad that we’ve all ended up so glued to our phones. So tied to these drones documenting our day. So immersed in clicking rather than connecting. So shy to show our faces, so consumed by societies endless races…

To the bottom…

It’s a bit mad that we paint, prod, inject, and dissect our faces.

Of course, we don’t all do this.

And I think about the people whose lives exist outside of the internet.

If it’s blissful ignorance or intentionality?

If it’s better or wiser to give our hours to nature, to nurture the present.

Or faster or smarter to give our time to the future, to build a life’s resume.

What’s the point of all this anyway?

Perhaps that’s exactly it: to find a method in the madness.

To practice ritual, whatever yours may be.

To accept the person’s next to you.

To realise it’s all Fluff, anyway.

This piece was written for Fluff in collaboration with The Ritual by KIC, currently discussing the theme: “Method in the Madness.”

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