Logicless Logic

for the rec _ _ _ .

It's 2pm on Thursday now, which weather wise, is a suitable time to be writing.unsuitable comments. It's also exactly 7 days, which amounts to infinite days, to the day when freedom is returned to me. The question is, what kind?

Currently, this preparatory institution for the outside world(which actually doesn't make sense because the inside world probably is the little known world of your mind, therefore the institution counts as the outside world as well, but for conveniences sake...) could be likened to a safari. The wild animals that roam within are not really wild. Their wildness is confined within a cage, which no matter has a perimeter of how many miles, is still essentially a cage. The laws of nature by and large govern the place, but when it sometimes gets unsavoury, there are park rangers to ensure that order is fairly restored. Similar to the world outside the enclosure, there are predators and prey, different groups of animals fighting for control and power of the enclosure, which they sometimes might not realise exists. One could be likened to a visitor of the safari, there for a 2 year visit. During the 2 years, you might have close encounters with some animals, but the effect is by and large kept within the confines of the enclosure, under the rangers' supervision.

Yet one should not underestimate the enclosure. For some who enter, do not return. Essentially, a jungle shrunken in size, is still a jungle, and one must take care.

Once(or before) the 2 years are up, most choose to leave the enclosure, thinking they are ready for the boundless world beyond the fences. Some choose to stay within the relative safety of the enclosure. The world out there is unfamiliar and one is inexperienced. Out there, forces of nature govern the environment, and moderation is largely unpractised. Where the lions might be stopped from consuming you as a tidbit in the enclosure via a well timed tranquiliser dart from the ranger, there is nothing to stop it from having a little snack outside. Unless one is in luck and the lion suffers from a massive heart attack while leaping at him, in which then he escapes, but remains easy prey for other lions. Lions and other predators pose a huge danger, but the biggest danger is ignorance. Ignorance of the existence of things that can pose a danger. As such, one is but a defenceless target, until over time, experience is gained and one adapts.

With the freedom that comes with the removal of a cage, comes also the freedom to be killed. The cage might have kept one in, but it also keeps certain things out. When one escapes from the boundaries of the enclosure, he is bound by the shackles of natural order.

Yet if I were to make a choice, I'd head out of the enclosure with no regrets of my choice. I'd tell stories of my time in the enclosure, but when the time comes, I will think that jungle exploration is no fun. I'd rather be sitting at the laptop making ridiculous analogies.

justin.

posted by justin @ 2:04 PM