What defines a free spirit? When is a person truly free? Are we free when we don't follow the rules or customs? Are we free when we get our bodies pierced all over or get tattoos all over? Are we free when we just sleep with whomever we want? Are we free when we are creactive?
What defines freedom? So many records are kept this dates. The governments seems to know every single thing about us. Is there even some freedom or free spirit left? Can we still make our own decisions and do what we want to do.
Sometimes I feel like all the decisions in life are made for me instead of by me. Your parents decide what your name will be and to which school you'll go. School decides what you'll learn and when you learn it. Teachers or employers decide whether or not you're doing a good job etc etc.
I think that the only freedom we can still really call our own is our creativity. We decide ourselves what we create, how we want to create it. Of course, there will be some kind of influence but art really comes from you. People will always have their opinion ready, but they think doesn't matter as long as you show what you want to show.
I'll be the first to admit how damn hard it is to not think about what other people think about what you do. I feel like I'm judged all the time. Bout how I look, how I act, what I do, what I choose to do for a living, who I hang out with etc. I really wonder whether there's any freedom left or free spirits left in the world. I could come up with all these arguments about what defines a free spirit and then break them all down again.
What defines the human mind as free? What defines us as free? What defines me as a free spirit?
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Interesting read, same things I ask myself everyday! But I'm me and I don't care what people think that's why I express myself through the pictures I take, Poems I write, Tattoos I put on my body. I live everyday like it's my last and if I die I know I lived my life the way I wanted to.
ReplyDeleteI agree with what you're saying, I've got a few tattoos, want more got several piercings, but still I wonder what would really define me as free. And the wondering bit has to do with a personal situation coming forth from the past couple of months. I've done poetry for a while, but I've got to be in the mood for it though to be able to write. I do think creativity is in a way ultimate freedom. since we decide ourselves what we will create
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