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ntertainment by Bret Hodgert Reality and the great ‘Is’ explored Design Editor ALONE I stand alone in a farmers field after the bum and think by Thad Kreisher two perceptions there is a third, a deflnite reality, a constant that is free from outside influence. It is what is really going on as oppos ed to what you percieve going on in any given situation. It is purely cause and effect. It isn’t good, it isn’t evil, it isn’t fair, and it dose not cheat. It is merely life, free from outside influence and per Contributing Writer Your absence is a carnival after closing The rides are still The lights are down and the excitement is gone all the crowds have gone home and I am alone I am a rock thrown from a cliff to fall into a stormy sea sinking alone I ama bush in a desert dry desolate forgotten alone I sit here sinking watching thewalls Thinking wondering ix you are alone too So, where are we at then? As I recall, and I could be wrong, (but not likely), we were trying to figure out what makes people sane. I’ve been going out of my mind thinking about it all week, and I still don’t have a clear cut answer. Oh well, guess we’ll just have to wing it and trust that the energy’s there. I’m sure it’ll all come together in the end. It always seems to, doesn’t it. Strange how that works. Anyhow, insane or sane, what’s the verdict. Well now, I suppose we have a few things to consider here. First of all, we’re going to take yet another look at something I really like observing: society. American society in par ticular. Now the point is society’s sonal biases. apparant conception of sanity If you’ve ever had something and the contradictions thereof. totally senseless happen to you Now, let’s suppose that there and you asked why and someone are three ways of looking at said to you, “That’s just the way things. The first is how you, per things are,” then you probably sonally, as an individual, view know a little more of what I’m things. Now all the outside in getting at. fluences in your life - friends, “That’s just the way things family, upbringing, personal are.” The definite, unchanging beliefs, etc. - influence this reality. The great “Is.” This perception. Keep that in mind. reality is both logical and The second is how other people senseless. Ah, paradox, I love it: view things. They too have out Let’s suppose that we put aside side influences that shape their all outside influences, all personal reality. Perhaps you’ve noticed biases and beliefs. In effect, we that sometimes when people in step outside ourselves and take a teract, several things can happen. look at the §o called “cold, hard Either you can relate fairly well to facts.” I feel that it is next to im this person, or you can relate, but possible for any human to be 100 not so well, or in rare cases you percent objective, but if we meet someone who is on a totaly could, what would we see? different wavelength. This is We’d see pure reality. Things what I call “Conflicting happen for no discernable Realities.” reason. There seems to be no This brings us to our third point to the bad or the good. It point: That is, outside of these all just happens. Let’s say for instance, that I’m situations. For instance, some pulling out of the College for people believe that reality works lunch and my car is broadsided (according to an overall plan, by a semi, killing my best friend that there is an ultimate goal. in the passenger seat. Seems tota- They believe that this reality is ly meaningless, totaly devoid of under the direction of a supreme purpose. Why did he die? For being and that all things happen what reason was this person kill for a purpose. I think the concept ed? What did he/she do to is called destiny. For me, things deserve this fate? It seems totaly seems to happen this way. But, we must ask, is that just the way I choose to view things, or is it the truth? That you have to decide for yourself. Simple enough, right? Simple, except for one thing: What does the perception of reality, destiny, and emotion have to do with insanity, sanity, and American society? We’ll get to that next week. Trust me, it all ties together, really. Grey Matter Ar Thad Kreisher Pudding senseless. However, let us look at reality’s infallible logic. I pulled out and didn’t see the semi. The semi was going too fast to stop. Upon impact, the speed of the semi, angle of the car, and posi tion of my friend were such that my friend was killed and I was spared. That’s it. This is how things are when we look at them totally objectively. It’s not pretty, and for thinking, feeling creatures, (such as most humans are), it is impossible to constantly view life in this way. After all, on the whole, we’re not machines, we’re blessed, (cursed?), with emotion. Such cold logic is unbearable. So as a result, each person views things in his/her own way. We are put into a myriad of situations, and have many out side influences that shape our reality. The way we percieve reali ty dictates how we deal with these (JHAT ELSE 15 THERE TO DO (dHEN WU? GIRL FRlENP HAS LEFT W, HtWR i TV 5ET 15 BROKEN ANPVOOR / J065IM6 SUIT 15 IN THE U)A5H?/ Student Center. Going to McDonald’s® is almost as much a part of school as going to class. 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