Comments on: The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky http://old.blog.sean.whitton.me/2008/05/the-perks-of-being-a-wallflower-by-stephen-chbosky.html The unexamined life is not worth living ~ Socrates Fri, 08 Apr 2011 17:22:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: On feeling and serenity « Intellectual Scribblings http://old.blog.sean.whitton.me/2008/05/the-perks-of-being-a-wallflower-by-stephen-chbosky.html/comment-page-1#comment-29933 On feeling and serenity « Intellectual Scribblings Sat, 12 Feb 2011 19:59:09 +0000 http://newblog.seanwhitton.com/2008/05/the-perks-of-being-a-wallflower-by-stephen-chbosky.html#comment-29933 [...] and I am going to take advantage of this brief interlude. This afternoon I read the better part of my favourite book again and I listened to some songs. I linked some thoughts from a couple of days together. And then [...] [...] and I am going to take advantage of this brief interlude. This afternoon I read the better part of my favourite book again and I listened to some songs. I linked some thoughts from a couple of days together. And then [...]

]]> By: Seven http://old.blog.sean.whitton.me/2008/05/the-perks-of-being-a-wallflower-by-stephen-chbosky.html/comment-page-1#comment-26976 Seven Wed, 29 Dec 2010 23:48:23 +0000 http://newblog.seanwhitton.com/2008/05/the-perks-of-being-a-wallflower-by-stephen-chbosky.html#comment-26976 "The idea is of a sense of mediocrity, of living a life that has been lived a thousand times before. I don’t think I could ever be happy (ha, see?) with doing that though I suspect that I will just fit another of these stereotypes, despite trying to fool myself for most of my life into thinking that I’m being original." -Try this: We can view this idea within a range of different contexts. In a very broad context, if we are lumping, people are all very similar. If we are splitting, and being very detail-oriented, everyone is an individual. Then there is every view in between these two extremes. (and it is not as if this model, in practice, is like a scale from one to ten. it is most likely very multi-dimensional.) In one sense, you are just like everyone else. In another, you are completely unique and individual. It might be best, though, to think of your originality in the sense of a scale. Ask the question: "How original am I?" ...instead of: "Am I original?" Although, it is difficult to quantify something qualitative, you might at least be able to provide an answer like: "I consider myself fairly original, I suppose." Now, that two years have passed, you might have a better understanding of this. However, I find it hard to keep my brain shut. So... there you go. “The idea is of a sense of mediocrity, of living a life that has been lived a thousand times before. I don’t think I could ever be happy (ha, see?) with doing that though I suspect that I will just fit another of these stereotypes, despite trying to fool myself for most of my life into thinking that I’m being original.”

-Try this:

We can view this idea within a range of different contexts. In a very broad context, if we are lumping, people are all very similar. If we are splitting, and being very detail-oriented, everyone is an individual. Then there is every view in between these two extremes. (and it is not as if this model, in practice, is like a scale from one to ten. it is most likely very multi-dimensional.)

In one sense, you are just like everyone else. In another, you are completely unique and individual. It might be best, though, to think of your originality in the sense of a scale. Ask the question: “How original am I?” …instead of: “Am I original?”

Although, it is difficult to quantify something qualitative, you might at least be able to provide an answer like: “I consider myself fairly original, I suppose.”

Now, that two years have passed, you might have a better understanding of this. However, I find it hard to keep my brain shut. So… there you go.

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