Manifesto

Rigel Leonard
Manley
4D
Manifesto

Ever look at yourself in the mirror and wonder, if you're really you? At a young age I questioned life, and just starred and starred wondering if what I see is real, one time I asked my mom what that feeling was. At first I thought her answer was going to be "I don't know", leaving me thinking that what I saw wasn't real, but she surprisingly answered me saying it was called an "out of body experience". And that answer made me realize that what I saw was real, it was just my paranoia, and judgment on how I'm so different from society, than again being different is what makes the world less boring if we were all alike than life wouldn't offer us any questions. After that I came to the conclusion that when people question their existence it's just part human nature, its something we all wonder, religion for example is all about finding our origin. But as I got older I didn't really care much about where people were from, my main focus was why people are so different, and why they are why the way they are.

I believe that human happiness is part of human instinct), which gives people self-confidence, and have a reason to move on with their lives. The way humans gain their happiness is by doing something and being proud of it, or if another person does something for them. Happiness majority of the times sounds like it's always a positive act. But happiness only benefits the person or person’s who's feeling it. For example one's happiness can come from hunting dears, now the person who's hunting is going to be pleased because they got what they wanted, but the deer most likely isn't. Happiness also has a way of lasting for a short period of time, for example if someone was already having a bad day, or is a bit depressed than a miniscule thing that normally would make you happy, might or might not give them a small dose of happiness, and if it doesn't than they'll go back to their negative mood. My classmate Matthew Batson said that “love should be the guiding force behind the way we live our lives”, and love is a type of happiness. Unlike other form of happiness love, shouldn’t harm others if you choose to live your life with it.

When Banach talked about freedom I believe he mental freedom. Mental freedom to me is when someone speaks their mind freely without having to censor their thoughts, and mental slavery is when someone complete decides to follow societies beliefs. I believe people should follow what their mind tells them, because if everyone followed the same rules in life than we'd all be the same and the world wouldn't be an interesting place. But at the same time I believe their needs to be rules, but not the type that tell us what choices we should make in our lives, but the type of rules that help guide us, and teaches us how to act in an appropriate manor. I know the word "act" means fame but sometimes people need to act in order to get something or help someone, or even help themselves. In one of my personal favorite songs “Redemption song” Bob Marly says a quote” emancipate yourself from mental slavery” meaning don’ t bring yourself down.


Bachman said “artist cannot control the nature of the canvas”, and I can agree with that statement, because in life people are their own artist, and decide what they want in their lives (painting), and everything people do is part of their nature. Bachman said “nor can she control the nature of the subjects that she will paint. But she can control how she will view them” I thought that was absolutely true because no matter how much, human beings try to manipulate others, we can never change another person’s views completely. Another great point Bachman brought out was how the artist can control how they view their subjects, which can also be related to how certain actions people do is based on human nature, and judging things before knowing them is something a lot of people have done, and do.