HundReD tHoUgHtS c0m¡c II

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We all have our own perceptions, shared or not with the rest, I think that arguing because of them is worthless than arguing about opinions. Opinions are like butts, we all have our own and you may like or dislike other's, but that's it. And perceptions are like hairdos, you can choose the one that better fits you, you can try to convince the rest that other does are possible, but choosing the style is a matter of opinion.

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The reality is nothing more than assuming certain perceptions as unquestionable truths, and since each one of us have our own perceptions which might not agree in some cases, i think that the reality is a paradox, the reality is not real!

In this way, only the people who believe in any kind of God may think that there is an universal observer who knows what reality is and hence, they think that reality do exists and is real.

The interesting point about perceptions (and reality) is that if you are aware of it, you can change (and choose) them. So, in fact, everybody has something to do (in some sense) with their reality.

Here I have an example:

This is a not very known reversible animation from Nobuyuki Kayahara , you may perceive it as turning in one of you ways, namely clockwise or counterclockwise, but it is possible to perceive it turning the other way. I know people with more or less ability to turn their perception and also someones unable to change it, but I think that it is all about opening the mind. I've read that, in this case, the perception (of the turning) is related to the prevailing hemisphere of the brains, I don't think so because I can choose and change the turning way of the dancer as I want.

In the case of our reality, there is like a kind of social agreement of what the reality is. If two or more people perceives a car as red-colored, then the ones who watch it blue (or what else) are freaks or simply color-blind.

mAtteR 0f Ch0¡cE

Quoting the film Trainspotting from the British screenwriter John Hodge:

Choose Life. Choose a job. Choose a career. Choose a family. Choose a fucking big television, choose washing machines, cars, compact disc players and electrical tin openers. Choose good health, low cholesterol, and dental insurance. Choose fixed interest mortgage repayments. Choose a starter home.
Choose your friends. Choose leisurewear and matching luggage. Choose a three-piece suite on hire purchase in a range of fucking fabrics. Choose DIY and wondering who the fuck you are on Sunday morning. Choose sitting on that couch watching mind-numbing, spirit-crushing game shows, stuffing fucking junk food into your mouth. Choose rotting away at the end of it all, pissing your last in a miserable home, nothing more than an embarrassment to the selfish, fucked up brats you spawned to replace yourselves. Choose your future. Choose life... But why would I want to do a thing like that? I chose not to choose life. I chose somethin' else. And the reasons? There are no reasons. Who needs reasons when you've got heroin?

Despite the heroin thing, this last sentence was the heroin talking, I think that there is a lot of truth in this text. I'm not sure if it is something argument-able or the kind of thing you learn by experiences (so it depends on perception).

There is a kind of paradox here, because I think that it is actually possible that this choosing thing could be chosen in its own. In fact, this is a reasonable way (among a lot that I might not know) of understanding life, so it is possible to choose it among the rest. At least there is the destiny way, which assumes that you are not the one who makes de choices, they are already made for you.

Thinking about my choosings,

• I choose to choose choosing as the way of life (not mine, every).
• I choose to choose life and I choose it.
• I choose to try to be happy (meaning it).
• I choose to believe in logic.

What does choosing choosing and choosing to be happy means?

Most of the people know that, more or less, everything has connotations (to us), well, you can voluntarily change the connotations that we get from anything. If you see a bottle half-empty and half-full, you can choose to give more importance to the fact that it is half-empty, this is to be optimistic.

For example, about long-lasting relationships, you really never know if it would work for ever or not, so, in order to feel stable, you have to choose to believe that it will last. Of course, it is a risky bet, but not doing so may lead to insecurity and jealousy. Now think that somehow you have doubts, then you have to explore your feelings, but if you have no clues, you may have to choose, taking risks, of course.

This post could have been named Life is a matter of taking risks.

HundReD tHoUgHtS c0m¡c

A comic that's worth a hundred thoughts

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Life is a matter of choice, you can choose not only upon your acts but upon your perceptions, similar to choosing whether the bottle is half-full or half-empty.