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There is no burnt rice to a hungry person.
~Philippine Proverb~ I've been thinking a lot lately about perception and perspective. Are these the same thing? Let's look at the definitions: Perspective: the state of one's ideas, the facts known to one, etc., in having a meaningful interrelationship: You have to live here a few years to see local conditions in perspective. also: a mental view or prospect: the dismal perspective of terminally ill patients Perception: Psychology. a single unified awareness derived from sensory processes while a stimulus is present. Also: the act or faculty of apprehending by means of the senses or of the mind; cognition; understanding. So we are to understand that while they are similar, they are not totally the same. Perception... Do you think our perceptions and perspectives can be colored by external circumstance? Love you know, it changes everything - as it should. Think of how when a person is "in love" it could be said they're seeing the world through rose colored glasses while alternately, if someone has just broken off a relationship, they may see the world through shall we say, blue colored lenses. Immortal perceptions are of course, far different from anything we ever knew in our mortal years. Sound is more intense, colors and the barrage of information in today's media can seem overwhelming, and the sense of touch... ah, to feel fingers upon my skin I will avow it almost a religious experience. Why am I going on about all of this? I don't know really. It's been some time since I delved into the philosophical and/or metaphysical discussions that used to fill the pages of my last online journal. What I wonder most of the time is this: What is *your* perspective of what you read here? I ask this not in a facetious or egotistical manner, but I often think that just because my name tag says Lestat de Lioncourt, people are more willing to applaud whatever this keyboard taps out as gospel and you know, hip hip hooray, Lestat has spoken. Do you understand that I don't mean this with an ounce of ego? What I'm saying is - why should it matter if *I* say it or if (what was that name?) Milton Fiddlemeyer says the same words? Sycophant Syndrome? If this isn't already listed in the DSM, it should be. Don't get me wrong - I love it when you all gather around and listen to what I have to say, because frankly and now, with some ego I'll state that quite often I do have very good things to say and thusly for you to read. I am hoping I can get back into the groove of writing as I did before, because I miss that philosophical side of my personality, the guru in me if you will. What I want to know I suppose, is if anyone gets anything out of such writing due to the content, or more for the author.
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