Throw those curtains wide

”I realised on Friday that I’ve had the best year of my life. Sitting in the Art Bar at the end of the day with three of the most wonderful friends I could ever ask for. This Art School malarkey has been the best thing that’s ever happened to me.”

I wrote the above on the evening of my last day of first year at Art School. I’ve posted it here because I want it to act as a reminder. Since that day I’ve become a bit disheartened with the whole idea of this blog. Spending the last week trying to have intelligent discussions with Creationists, Religious Zealots and Conspiracy Theorists has really knocked the fight out of me. What’s the point? They don’t want to listen and I end up getting extremely frustrated and depressed. I feel like I’ve been putting so much time and effort into expressing my beliefs (or lack there of) in this medium, but I feel like no one is listening. So, I asked myself, what really is the point?

But I realised that trying to change peoples minds isn’t the ultimate goal. That is never the end goal. The whole point of doing something like this is to make your stand, no matter how small or insignificant. You have to keep fighting because we’ll never beat these people, but we’ll certainly make their lives and their ability to propagate ignorance just that little bit harder. I can’t give up.

The past 12 months have been the bes tof my life and I want this entry to stand as a reminder for that whenever I feel like I’m beat. Because no one can beat me after that : )

 

I’ll leave you with this very special video as life seems just that little bit after after these 10 minutes. Enjoy.