multiple beings, contained within one unit
hurtling through the void
being
each other
while remaining their own
Labels. They come on everything. With a label, you can identify the contents of a can without needing to look inside. Of course, there is an element of trust associated with labels. What’s to stop someone from putting a label that reads “ice cream” on a container of sardines? Absolutely nothing. Naturally, food is rarely mislabeled…
…but people are often mislabeled. All the time. What’s that? Someone has feelings for someone else of the same gender? Bam. They’re bisexual/gay. Doesn’t really matter if they’ve even acted on it. Someone has long, black hair and wears skinny ties? Gosh, what an emo.
Labels are something to be handled with care. Once you’ve branded someone with a stereotype, it’ll stick to them for a while. People would get along so much better if we all just shed our labels and just existed in a state of flux, free to express ourselves whenever and however we wish. Even those labels which exist to confirm a connection between two people aren’t without their pitfalls. Because if you need a label to verify that the connection exists, there might not be much of a connection after all.
…because even Justin Bieber sounds awesome when made into chiptune.
Sometimes, once you’ve hit rock bottom, life will throw you a second chance. It’ll be dangling above you, your only alternative to letting go and falling into the abyss. You can forgo the lifeline and remain at rock bottom, or take it and see how the dice land.
Hopefully they’ll roll well for me.
A sample of music from one of my favorite artists, Bit Shifter. Chiptune is easily one of my favorite genres, and his work is no exception. Hopefully I’ll get to see him live at the Blip Festival in May. More about him here.
…or maybe not. Nothing ever really works out in the end, I suppose…everything is constantly in flux, without any outside control. Things can change at any moment, and to believe that “everything will work out in the end” is purely a method to lull oneself into a false sense of security. Of course, without that phrase, it would be impossible to comfort someone else. What else would you say?? “Sorry man, but your life just sucks.”
Actually, maybe that IS the thing to say. Cold, hard truth can be refreshing from time to time, and if everyone used it all the time instead of saying little white lies, many terrible things would not have happened. It’s good to stop and think before you say something, even if it’s a simple “yes”. No matter what, it could potentially mean the world to someone else, regardless of how insignificant it might seem to YOU. The butterfly effect is real, and the smallest decisions you make often have the largest impacts, both on yourself and those around you.
