We Cannot Pick Our Audience, Forging Real Connections, and The Deep End

 It's infuriating to watch people and their behaviors. How ridiculous they are! You're right, we cannot pick our audience. And they are not always ready to receive what we offer. That is when we are met with confusion and exclusion. It all comes back to the FEAR and CONTROL. They have their bubbles perfectly positioned. When we come into view, we refuse to bow to their idols. We refuse to live the way they live, and that slowly seeps over into their space. They don't like it because they don't understand it. It's different. It's foreign to them. We don't need instant gratification (unless we are feeding a compulsion *laughing* you know how it goes). We don't need all the mindless things they buy — we don't need it. We find beauty in what is real. The frosted side mirror of the car as it thaws on the drive to work. In the light shining on the wall from the afternoon sun. Forging real connections with real people. None of the bullshit. All they know is bullshit! The rest is too deep for them and it scares them. They are afraid of the darkness, the deep end. We are not afraid because our whole LIVES have been darkness! We know the deep end like the back of our hand. We know and have accepted all the worst things about ourselves, none of which are a surprise. Nothing can faze us anymore. And because of this, we are able to think deeply and critically about real world things, without fear. We've already faced ourselves! What else is there to fear?!

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