Young Hearts Spark Fire

A lot of the things I write about on this blog are capital letter Big Ideas. They look at social politics and sometimes normal politics, they examine art in a big picture way, they poke into portions of modern society that we are beginning to take for granted, they attempt to highlight what I often believe to be intentionally avoided truths so we can continue ignoring their often harmful implications. It's often pretentious, but I try not to present it as such. It's often confrontational, though I try to look at all sides of an argument before I make it. It's often ignored, even if I think it's pretty worthwhile. Sometimes it's just about music or television, though I'm usually examining it critically.

Here's the thing: sometimes all of that Thinking gets in the way of Living.

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No matter how much I think something, even if I'm presenting that thinking in a logical, understandable way to the rest of the world, none of that is going to matter much without actually going out into the world and practicing it. All the best of intentions mean nothing if they end when this sentence does.

Even that's missing the point, in a way. Essentially what I'm trying to say this: higher brain functions often get in the way of living our life. When we worry about our own mortality and the Issues of The World so often, we forget that sometimes the best thing we can do is try to find a pretty girl to kiss.

It's easy to forget that, especially when you're the kind of person I am, the kind that thinks incessantly to the point of paralysis, the kind who feels the need to write down a new idea every day. And, sometimes, it's tough to believe, when you've got a governor arrogantly ignoring protesters in Madison, Wisconsin, when you've got Middle Eastern leaders arrogantly ignoring rioters in Libya and Egypt.

But it's the truth. There's a reason why love stories compromise some of the most famous of all time, why they're the emotional core of most dramas in any medium, why paintings and sculptures of the human body are so unendingly intriguing.

There's a reason why one of most important photographs is of a kiss.

So, go ahead. Instead of reading this, find a pretty girl.