There was a quote that I formulated from my own vocabulary not too long ago, and it goes something like this:
"There have been great writers, musicians, actors, and artists.
However, there has never been a great conformist."
Of course, the inspiration came from somewhere... and if I knew I'd tell you. But if I were to guess, I would have to say that it came from my past. I was never really like all the other kids that I knew- I had maybe three good friends at a time and that suited me well. I never wanted to have all the designer gear and be the richest person in the world. I had an imagination that had a tendency to run wild and always had a dream of something unreal (something like Star Wars or Narnia or Alegaesia.) I think that most of that was due to not liking society. No matter how much I wanted to fit in with the other kids I also knew that if I were to be a carbon-copy of everyone else, I wouldn't be me. Nothing would stand out because I would have nothing that made me different than anyone else. I'm a bit of a rebel- not in the sense that I dye my hair blue and listen to crazy music and stuff (though it would be cool to dye my hair red...), but I always felt like a quiet rebel; someone who was different than other kids and wasn't afraid to be that way. I always looked up to people who pushed the limits, like David Bowie as Ziggy Stardust or Cleopatra Queen of the Nile... these people are not like anyone else. They possess a special spark- Cleopatra was a female pharaoh; David Bowie was one of the first "glam rockers" ever and wasn't afraid to be theatrical, even when he was probably criticized.
Let's face it folks- no one remembers the conformist or the "normal" person, because being "normal" can essentially make you one of the masses, not someone who's name will be remembered for the rest of eternity. Like people have said "Well-behaved women rarely make history," and "You don't get a harmony if everyone sings the same note." That's why I like to be different.
I like being the extraordinary one, whether it's because of something that I know or simply my personality. I dread the day when I have to be just one of the others and become another "sheep in the flock." But maybe I won't... Who knows? You might see my name on the title of a New York Times best selling novel in the next ten years! Where ever I may go, I know that I am who I am and that's something that no one can ever take away from me. It's with me until the day I die.
1 comments:
This view on life is one that I quite agree with. I see no point in conforming to what my peers are, or who they have become. Somewhere along the line, someone had a great idea, and it grew popular. This is not always good, however, especially during the years in which people ar realizing who THEY are. If you want to find yourself, you have to look past conformity. This is not to say that you have to have entirely different opinions in everything you do, but keep in mind who you are, and who you want to be. Like Taylor said, inspiration comes from somewhere, although there is a large gap between having been inspired and having copied. Taking your personality and style and combining it with ideas that you have learned from others gives you your own version of things, which could inspire people later. Being normal is quite impossible seeing as normal is only a setting on a washing machine. This is true because someone defined normal- by going along with their normal, you could be abnormal in someone else's mind. THe moral is that personality is what makes you, you; therefore, it is not something you should give up.
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