The Perspective that Comes with Time

 In humanities this week we talked about the subject of walking away from something in order to make something you hate enjoyable. It’s an odd topic honestly. Bro. Ward began by explain that we have to first “nest” in something. Meaning we have to submerge ourselves into an event, music style, or piece of art completely, somewhat like a bird does in its nest, thus the term “nesting in a topic.” When we have nested in a topic long enough we have to leave it be for awhile. Just leave it alone and wonder over to a new nest.  It is after you have done this that you can come back to the thing you first nested in and have a better enjoyment of it. If you keep doing this over and over again it will help you in any topic. Bro. Ward also continued by saying that we should never pretend to like something if we don’t. By doing that we are simply short changing ourselves and the people we are with.

            I already knew that it was a good idea to walk away when you were having troubles with homework or a project, but it never accrued to me that walking away from Mozart or a Picasso would have the same effect. It must be those biases. They really do play a greater part in our lives then I previously thought. I am such a stubborn person and stuck in my own ways that I would have never thought about my biases being the reason that I was struggling in accepting the finer pieces of art and music. I was born with red hair, and my family thinks that it was a cruel trick to take away my warning label. When I have looked a piece of art in the pass that I have not particularly enjoyed I removed myself from it. My opinion was set in stone and I was not about to change it. The amusing part of that is by creating that bias right there and then I was actually hurting myself, and the greater experiences I would have if I just gave it a chance. I figured that if I simply agree with everyone around me that I was saving relationships that I had from contention.

            It was a brilliant epiphany to have dealing with this particular thought. I don’t have to like what my friends like. I am however required to give a specific topic a chance. It is important to let things sink in and force yourself into enduring a thing. It’s just like life. We are place here to endure and come to a better understanding. If we take that in consideration when we look at art or listen to a piece of art music we will be able to come to a better knowledge and a greater love of that particular piece. It takes work but in the end the reward is sweet, and we become better in that experience.