age of indifference

Warhol once said, "Being born is like being kidnapped. And then sold into slavery." Horrible, I know, but there's something to his silliness. Andy hated growing up in Pittsburgh, for he had dreams of movie stars and all things cinema. Pittsburgh was drab during the Great Depression, but it was a city with a blue collar essence.

Did I spell "cinema" correctly?   Just occurred me that it looks a lot like "enema." Hmmm... I guess a crappy film genre could be deemed "sin-enema."

When I write enough, I start to think about the words as they string together. I don't so much type them, but they merge from nowhere as the words cascade in front of my eyes, flowing from my fingertips.

I've been mostly devoid of influence post-20th century. I've been rather indifferent aside from when I feel my freedoms are being eroded. Freedom is an illusion in a democracy when we have a mob mentality which stifles unpopular thoughts and expressions against the supposed opinion of the majority. Fascism rose as fashionable through effective propaganda and providing fuel to the mob's contentment in their thought process (hey, he who won't be named WAS elected by a popular vote, Vonnegut used to point out quite a bit his later years of senility). I will refrain from going further since my opinions are not popular from what I see most places, and the term "hater" exists for a reason. Meh.

Anyways, being born, one has little freedom to do much but wait and go with the flow until the time comes where bolting is permitted without reprisal. My life currently is dictated by the needs of my family, like my having to go pick up K from his field trip at 1:30. I am on cruise control in the sense that I need not think most of the time. Worrying is just silly when I am but one cog in a five person family unit.