stripped

so, i made this piece of abstract art a while back, and recently found it. i thought it was pretty darn awesome, so i decided to hang it on my closet door.

every once in a while i catch myself staring at it. like, uhh, now.

there are many little pieces that make it what it is. if i were to take one piece away, it wouldn't be the same. it wouldn't have the same effect on me, and i probably wouldn't find it nearly as intriguing.

i think that this piece of art is a lot like a life.

yesterday matt posed a question that went a little something like... "if we were stripped of all possessions, if everything was taken away from us, and we were left naked, would we still be the same as we are right now?"

i would love to think i would be the same person. but, would i?

would i be as intriguing without my music, my computer, my books? or would i end up a boring, drab being that didn't know how to function without a tune to play or email to check?

that's a disappointing realization on my part, and this society's.

in a world where all that is important, really isn't - what would you be if you were stripped?