Mighty Intellect
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Location: china
Location: china
April 20th, 2008, 05:00 AM
What do we mean by expression, and what are we expressing? I know there is an idea that one must express oneself; and self-expression has become extraordinarily important. But what are we expressing, some capacities? If you are a painter you express yourself on a canvas, and the owner of the gallery exploits you. Or if you have certain capacity with a pen, you write a book. What are we expressing? - the same old patterns of yesterday: that is all we have; routine in different ways - so what is the need to express? I am not saying one should not, or one should - but what is implied in self-expression; what is implied when one uses the word "self-expression"?
What do we mean by expression, and what are we expressing? I know there is an idea that one must express oneself; and self-expression has become extraordinarily important. But what are we expressing, some capacities? If you are a painter you express yourself on a canvas, and the owner of the gallery exploits you. Or if you have certain capacity with a pen, you write a book. What are we expressing? - the same old patterns of yesterday: that is all we have; routine in different ways - so what is the need to express? I am not saying one should not, or one should - but what is implied in self-expression; what is implied when one uses the word "self-expression"?
Steven Hawking's Hero
Posts: 6,445 
April 20th, 2008, 05:59 AM
China there you go again!!
I think it is a basic need of most humans to ensure they are among the living. Rarely do we practice being hermits - withdrawing from our environment - unless we have some
serious reason for so doing - it is within most of us to reach out and bounce our thoughts
and share our opinions with others - whether we are rejected or accepted.
It is an assurance to ourselves we are alive.
China there you go again!!
I think it is a basic need of most humans to ensure they are among the living. Rarely do we practice being hermits - withdrawing from our environment - unless we have some
serious reason for so doing - it is within most of us to reach out and bounce our thoughts
and share our opinions with others - whether we are rejected or accepted.
It is an assurance to ourselves we are alive.
