Intellectual: I'm always looking for deeper meanings, patterns and answers to the things that puzzle me in my every day life. I don't take things for granted, i don't accept universal truths or follow common beliefs. Sometimes the smallest thing can become a major thinking project for me.
Idealist: It's frustrating to see how the world is run by corporations and governments. The people in charge of distributing wealth and resources are generally those least suited to it. I can see better ways to run countries, better ways for people to coexist in their individual societies. i would love to change the apathetic view point of even one person. The world needs to change, right now we're moving in the wrong direction.
Creator: I have written poetry in the past and last year i finally did something about that and published. I've sold copies in australia and germany. I'm currently working on a film script, quite a few fits and starts in the writing process. I'm very excited about it which keeps me motivated. I think it stems from a desire to communicate other perspectives on the world instead of the traditional cookie cutter, hollywood blockbuster storylines we're force fed on a weekly basis. I took the photograph that's on my poetry book and developed it myself, when i look through the view finder of a camera i don't just snap a shot at will, i compose, select angles and distance, just wish i could afford a better camera :). computer graphics interests me, i should have done more multimedia courses at uni really.
Cyber_Explorer: did a grad dip sci (IT) have 3 websites and was the website master for the gilbert and sullivan society of WA until recently. I did a number of programming units cause i wanted to know how a computer works. Artificial intelligence fascinates me and was at one time part of a Masters project which sadly due to lack of financial support had to be abandoned. I teach computing, just basic stuff. Last year i learned german in chat. i was online 8-14hours per day every day for a whole year. What can i say, i was impatient to get my german vocab. The internet is a great resource for research into any topic, for finding other materials and groups such as this one :) I love being able to lie in my bedroom in perth and communicate in another language with people in paris and berlin. I LOVE the net
Questioner: Which philosopher would approach soldiers and question their ideologies and by asking searching questions was able to change the way people live their lives? I see myself as attempting to do the same. In perth it doesn't go down too well. The usual answer is "you think too much", "don't worry about it". Just because everyone does something and it was always so, doesn't make it the best way or the right way to do things. Besides I KNOW it's not the best and right way to do things.
Philosopher: I love to learn about the philosophical view points. I did a unit in philosophy, it was just an introductory course. It was too much about premises and perfect logic which kind of put me off. I still love to debate the bigger questions. Philosophy makes me think, makes me wonder, it challenges me, stimulates me mentally. I have a philosophy of life as a pet project, it's on the back burner for the film script and requires a great deal of research.
There's an exhibition on buddism at the local art gallery in perth, i feel i'm a bit of a buddist. I decided to live my life according to the rules of karma, with my own interpretation; also pagan religion interests me, which is all about being connected with the planet, in harmony and in step with it, not a manipulator and abuser of it and its resources. Most of my exploration has been internal, trying to figure out the inter relationships and my own feelings on those interactions. One thing i know for sure, i don't have to have the answers, a set of 3 to 4 scenarios is adequate to get me by. To be happy we need to first value and love ourselves and accept our limitiations and the limitations of others and to be grateful for how far we've come in life so far and not hanker for more, just move steadily towards goals while at the same time enjoying what is good about our lives now. Don't wish, hope or dream - take action.
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