ahh smth i've been trying to refine my thoughts abt for some time now. but the best way to reify an idea is still to put it in words so here i am, trying to pen down what i am thinking...
oh hm i realize i can think in hm. without words~ not that i tot i couldn't, just that i have concrete memories of thinking without using words. when i pray sometimes, there is just a rush of images and emotions, along with desire. if i wanted to, i probably could formulate the phrases to express myself... but such a raw form of expression somehow seems... appropriate, considering that i'm speaking with my maker.
lolz and back to the point. for some time now, i've been feeling that there is something special about communities. a true spirit. something greater than the sum of its parts. i use the word 'spirit' for lack of a better one, but i don't really mean a separate living entity~ not that deluded yet. i mean hm... something like a collective unconscious that is more... moving than that same number of individual ppl together as separate units. lolz ok still sound crazy. but its trueeeeeeeeeeee.
maybe i'm just making it sound crazier than it really is. in fact, maybe most ppl can even feel it. class, cca, church groups and other communities... if fostered, it comes alive. something that isn't lessened just because a key person leaves the group. something that belongs exclusively to each and every member, despite their seniority or status within the community. something that everyone can bask in and feel the warmth. something that makes two ppl in a community feel connected to each other in a strangely familiar way, even tho all they know abt each other is the other's name and face.
a spirit that weaves through the ppl in the community, drawing all of us into cohesion. despite personal dislikes, agendas and vendettas (lolz yes). maybe that's why performing in a band is so intensely fulfilling. to sink in that spirit and let it course through you... of one mind, one heart and one spirit.
i don't know the recipe for it, nor do i know how to foster it. i just know that this shud be a community's goal. not smth tangible and material, but to nurture this spirit such that everyone who joins can have an experience worth remembering.
Name: Foo Guo Zhong Melvyn
Age: 19+
Affiliations: MSHS (Pri), Rosyth, RI, RJC, SFX (LoG)
Bday: 14th Nov
Email: mel_protoss@hotmail.com
ahh smth i've been trying to refine my thoughts abt for some time now. but the best way to reify an idea is still to put it in words so here i am, trying to pen down what i am thinking...
oh hm i realize i can think in hm. without words~ not that i tot i couldn't, just that i have concrete memories of thinking without using words. when i pray sometimes, there is just a rush of images and emotions, along with desire. if i wanted to, i probably could formulate the phrases to express myself... but such a raw form of expression somehow seems... appropriate, considering that i'm speaking with my maker.
lolz and back to the point. for some time now, i've been feeling that there is something special about communities. a true spirit. something greater than the sum of its parts. i use the word 'spirit' for lack of a better one, but i don't really mean a separate living entity~ not that deluded yet. i mean hm... something like a collective unconscious that is more... moving than that same number of individual ppl together as separate units. lolz ok still sound crazy. but its trueeeeeeeeeeee.
maybe i'm just making it sound crazier than it really is. in fact, maybe most ppl can even feel it. class, cca, church groups and other communities... if fostered, it comes alive. something that isn't lessened just because a key person leaves the group. something that belongs exclusively to each and every member, despite their seniority or status within the community. something that everyone can bask in and feel the warmth. something that makes two ppl in a community feel connected to each other in a strangely familiar way, even tho all they know abt each other is the other's name and face.
a spirit that weaves through the ppl in the community, drawing all of us into cohesion. despite personal dislikes, agendas and vendettas (lolz yes). maybe that's why performing in a band is so intensely fulfilling. to sink in that spirit and let it course through you... of one mind, one heart and one spirit.
i don't know the recipe for it, nor do i know how to foster it. i just know that this shud be a community's goal. not smth tangible and material, but to nurture this spirit such that everyone who joins can have an experience worth remembering.