I'm gonna give you my honest thoughts on this post. I was so close to upvoting and resteeming this.
"Marvelous" I though, "this guy really gets it!" because you described everything so clearly and well structured. The writing was vivid, yet without hyperbole, oversimplifications or anything weird such as subjective hedonism or moral relativism. It was the post I had planned on writing myself, but didn't have the words to do!
But then like a dark cloud: you started talking about how human beings are just monkeys [Edit: You wrote "apes", which is factually correct, but also "pretending to be civilized"] in suits. What an anticlimax.
I kept reading and first it got worse, then better again. Tell you what, at least this was a very intriguing read and you seem to have an above average grasp on what art is and isn't. That alone got me very impressed.
Then there's the photography! Absolutely awe inspiring!
A warm thank you for your contribution to the arts.
/Thomas
Thanks but human beings are clothed apes. Not monkeys - that would be technically incorrect. I'll give you my honest thoughts - you don't get it but that's quite common. Most people live in this bizarre delusion that they are somehow above and separate from the animal kingdom. Ironically it is a function of the human ego that creates that delusion.
Plus your reply is pretty much a back handed insult.
My comment may seem harsh, but I'm just being honest and not at all attempting to insult you.
We certainly are not above the animal kingdom. And if you wrote "apes" and I made a mistake, then I obviously messed up there.
Even then, there were things I disagreed with, but I found most of your writing very accurate. My reaction tends to be larger when I see something I disagree with in close proximity to something I find beautiful. So while I'm criticizing, please understand that I'm not out to harm.
-The ego is me. It's the only way to know me from you. So yes, the ego can make mistakes and it has many times.
I was being honest too. Let's just draw a line under it and move on. I can be quite fiery too!
I never wanted to fight you. Will continue reading your blog. Big :thumbsup:
Not a fight just an emotional response. We are all just people and prone to emotional reactions. All the best :)
I made an edit to the comment to correct myself. You did not write "monkeys".
So I apologize for making a mistake of which I wouldn't have approved myself.
(Not that it can entirely excuse my behaviour, but I guess it's possible that my brain misfired due to a few language differences: For example, in Swedish the word for monkey and ape are the same, being "apa".)
Please note that we still disagree about some things, but I think that it ought to be perfectly tolerable on a social media network such as this.
Of course and disagreeing is fine. It just seemed like a massive insult the way you phrased it.
I do realize that now and I will consider that in the future.
Thank you.