HORNS
Stylish Dinosaur
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I think many of the moderns (or commoners- lets be frank) cannot even handle leisure- or the responsibility of "having nothing to do". Look at some so called celebs or stars who flee into drugs or ridiculous sects or esoteric cults (that they dont understand themselves)- out of sheer ennui. But in the end they still encounter this great vacuum (if they would have learned to e.g. sit themselves quitely down and enjoy a good book or the sciences- whether they be in their flat in Sheffield or on their private tropical island- they wouldnt need to struggle around that much. Same with even very successful managers: they work and work and accumulate money for the sake of accumulation itself- which is a perversion- and cant stop anymore- they have no purpose: but greed and the erasure of boredom...yet the noble and sophisticated man will have time enough to think about things like furthering his advancement in art or the sciences- not on a base of "efficiency" or because he has to "publish or perish" but because of the enjoyment of his own mind and a genuine interest in the world or nature, itself. I say- its no shame to have to work for ones physical sustenance, this is natural and quite normal- but most ppl have been "conditioned" in such a way that they cannot be in-dependent from the social structures, and their values anymore...or lets say: are afraid to be- they cannot take on that "responsibility" of enjoying the simple things, being in the present of the moment all by themselves!
Those are some big brushstrokes you are painting.