LETS GET THINGS STRAIGHT!!

Is it not strange that our world is filled with patterns which get categorized into things that can be followed and those which are insecure for you have to make your own pattern. What happens if you do not want to follow the pattern but rather make one of your own.There are forces that operate around us that make it impossible to visualize the possibility of such a pattern but what if we do not create a pattern it need not be followed but it is just another means to an indeterminate end. There are however those universal guiding forces like ethics a sense of not harming others by this new found pattern. I sometimes think its odd that we curtail our creativity by the bounds of patterns and security. If we look at the non-linear, risk taking, insecure paths they make for the most interesting tales. Had Columbus not taken the wrong turn who knows what it would have been but its remembered as a wrong turn which I am curious about. Why is it wrong?! Is it because in our minds his intention should match the outcome but where does that ever happen It is the non linearity of intention with the actual outcome is what creates room for creativity and madness to survive. Why follow patterns when they do not always lead to the same outcome? just a thought... The means is where the creativity lies outcomes change but are seldom acheived but it is the path that is remembered so lets not be bound by historical attempts but try something out of the blu,out of the ordinary as sometimes it is the untested waters that will leas to the actual outcome.

THE DIFFICULTY IN DEFINING REASON

Today as I thought of objectivity and subjectivity, collective ideals and relative ideals, collective reason and relative reason... it dawned on me the difficulty of defining reason. Reason seems to be influenced by many factors like belief,culture,experience,religion and science. In my amateur understanding it gains the uniqueness of relativity and subjectivity when the weightage and combination of factors differ. What if we all grew up in a similar environment,exposed to the same factors and doing the same activities would our idea of reason be the same? I guess not considering everything about our nature is different. I suppose it brings back the nature Vs culture argument.What if all of us who have approximately similar characteristics were exposed to the same environment would our reason be the same? I think that in such a case the difference amongst us should also be same but that I know is impossible.

There are certain things though which have become extremely daunting for me to concieve over the past few days. Should we even define reason? If we do how does it effect our being? Are we living then in a designed environment that forces a certain predetermined concept of reason? These are questions I hope to explore over the course of the next few years....

INNOVATIVE IDEALISM

The idea for this blog came from reading Plato's allegory of the cave. If it were true and if the reality known to us is fictional while its true form lay elsewhere, our journey of exploration has just begun. This blog seeks to redefine the way we view and use idealism.It challenges current notions of practicality especially in the realm of sustainability.

Ideals are those perfect forms or thoughts which are de facto unattainable but this blog will experiment in making our ideals a workable reality and question its idyllic character in every which way. We will engage in creative thinking to make our ideals reachable what ever they may be. I look forward to some challenging writing exercises and discussions taking place.