A Menagerie of Desire

"I'm a reflection of the community" -- Tupac Shakur

An approach:  There is a lot to be learned from an understanding of one's desires, and it may best to look to others for those commonalities; it's often said it's society that shapes an individual's desires, and I'd have to agree.  But all is not lost, because this is where you can find yourself, a clearer reflection of one's self.

So, if it is the case that society shapes our desires, how do we understand this imposition of interest, or, more importantly, ourselves?  These understandings are best given to us by the stories we know, and in particular those parts within which we tend to agree.

What literature grants us is a grand menagerie of desire, and this can also be extend to film and stage productions.  The greater our wealth of alternate images, the greater our possibility for a truer idea of self.

To Each Their Sexes

Waking from the desert's retreat,

in shoes still smelling new,

it goes unsaid that the latte's first sip

is an investment's favorite return.

Manually shifting, and problem solving,

the game's winning shot taken, the project's completion met.

Then, the bakery's smell awakes a midday's nap,

like dancing at the thought of presents.

Off from the waves' surf, through a shimmering air,

comes a grand vista captured,

set against a cool night's fire crackling.

Things Can Always Be Better

"A loving heart is the beginning of all knowledge" -- Thomas Carlyle.

As the world:  A common concern is that if nature is perfect in itself, i.e., harmony's harmony, how does the idea of individual morality make any sense?  What role can a human conscience play in nature if it is already as it should be?  Do feelings, then, not mean anything?

Nature is growth.  What nature imparts to everything is not the idea that it is perfect, but, rather, just the opposite.  What nature gives us is the fundamental element of growth, as trees grow, so do people, so do water molecules.  We are instilled with the feeling that things can always be better.

The idea that things can always be better is both instinctive and eventually conscious, and it is up to every individual person to decide how he or she wishes to understand and use it; I have chosen love, the love I have for myself, the love I have for others, and, more importantly, the love I have for the future of love.