the cool Posted by poolboyjames on July 31, 2010 at 3:22 PM comments (0)today i ran across a blog and they wrote something that i found to be interesting
here's what they wrote: Society WANTS you to be "cool". Because "cool" is basically the guidelines of what you can and cant do to be accepted into groups of people around you. The desire to be "cool" severely limits the imagination of man and this is a problem that has plagued the genre of rap. When one is considered "cool" he/she is followed by others that wish to achieve the same "status", which in result produces more of the same style from other people, thus losing originality. This "cool" thus succeeds in alienating anything outside of its boundaries. New ideas and ideals are considered "crazy" or "outlandish" because they do not fit into the cookie cutter of the "cool" and they produce alternative results and styles. So the "cool" zone is a safe zone where anybody imitating the cool is accepted. The desire to be "cool" is what discourages most from revealing their true thoughts and feelings. Hip hop is a pawn of "cool." But there are always "freedom fighters" that exist outside of the "cool", not necessarily because they don't want to be "cool" but because they REFUSE to be anything but themselves. These people help to "de-roboticize" and liberate others from their "cool" captivity. Please note: the "cool" exists in any aspect of life and can expand far out from just hip hop. this is a lot to chew on if you ask me it makes you take a look at yourself who do u believe, what do u believe.. are you watering down your beliefs for the superficiality of "cool" or "acceptance" ? i put acceptance in parentheses because.. ok say ur a well known rich man with a lot of friends.. how many of those people are REALLY your friends? you can be cool and have the ILLUSION of friends and companionship.. but at the end of the day that's all it is, an illusion example? look at amy winehouse.. one day i saw a concert she did on tv and she was completely out of her mind without a doubt high on something.. she looked TERRIBLE, she was doing things that made absolutely no sense.. she has all this money, acclaim, fame, and fans.. but a real friend wouldn't stand for that.. a real friend would handcuff her and force her into rehab (btw the guys from jackass did just that to steve-o to save his life) just as money may bring the illusion of love, sex appeal can also. a woman might have a lot of attention because she is pretty and willing to be sexually active.. but how many of those people really care about her as a person? example? just look at all the single moms out here.. sure everything was all well and good when she had a nice body and was the hott thing at the club, but once she gets pregnant, puts on weight, has a child and a new responsibility, the guy(s) who knocked her up no longer want anything to do with her so yeah being cool affords one love and companionship and friends however none of it is real.. it is all fake and fleeting so my point is, at the end of the day.. u might as well spend each and every moment being your true self and holding fast to your true beliefs because in a sense cool is a rapist, it just wants to use u up and leave u.. and i kno being urself may take some patience and u may have some rejection that aims for your heart, but that rejection is leading u into better pastures.. i kno this from experience so find you, then be you to your fullest extent- upfront at all times without compromise, and u will find people who care about you FOR REAL.. people who still call and email u after you've moved out of state for 7 years people who will visit u when ur sick people who will make compromises in their own life for your well-being be above the captivity of the cool peaCe + Luvz
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