Only the strong survive... A quote we hear in times of war or in war related media. What we need to realize as humans is the importance of strength, by being strong it inspires the weak as well as making survival seem easy, almost ritualistic. The older I became the less things began to bother me... physically and mentally. I would walk miles in the sweltering sun on my way from school and like the added weight on my back. I felt myself becoming stronger every step I took. This love for struggle is a genetic transition from my mother, she struggled while raising me and has seemed to be masochistically attracted to it in someway. A life like that would be indeed rewarding but you have no time to dig deep within yourself... you become a machine. As humans we should understand that we are machines but like a computer you need to update, upgrade and maintain it to be successful with the progressive attitude towards technology we have seemed to adopt since the late 50's. The mind and body needs to be stimulated rigorously on a daily basis. You must strive to learn something new everyday and push yourself physically everyday. Control your body, understand how it works first and try to be conscious of your surroundings. People put negative connotations to herbal enlightenment, there is nothing wrong with heightening your experience every now and then. If taken in moderation it can have positive outcomes but abuse by consuming copious amounts of any stimulant can excite the synapses causing confusion and in some cases paranoia. Back to the relation of the brain and a computer... When any storage media becomes full it needs to be cleaned, "useless" items need to be thrown away. I have realized through meditation and settling my mind i have found it easier to achieve tasks. It prepares me. It gives me an initiative and also affirms my purpose. Its the connection of the ubiquitous energy that is contained in our atmosphere. Everything vibrates... atoms move in spastic motions binding matter forming shape. Last weekend I had my first show in Savannah with four carefully chosen, talented artists who I believed shared my passion for expression and creation. Through my observations I have come to realize that many students here are constricted by their assigned tasks, there is no need or urge to express themselves outside of class. My question is why SCAD? why spend so much money to come here if you dont have an obsessive passion for art or design, or both? They are needed... many negative things are needed in this world. There must be a balance... This balance and the fact man must chose what is good and bad not to mention the fact no one can rightfully explain the phenomenon of "life" itself proves to us that regardless of what we believe is governed by a very powerful energy source that is omnipresent in our universe. Some men gave it a name, called it different names... became fascinated by its existence, used it to control... man then split apart because he wanted his own power, his own followers... That scenario is called... religion. There is nothing to argue about... its a blatant slap to the uneducated... "You are not intelligent, so I am going to feed you some phrases embedded with perplexing vocabulary (most of which we have ceased to incorporate in our current vernacular) so you will be bombarded with information forcing us to consider it credible. Stories like the creation of Eve where God takes a rib bone from Adam will be taken literally by any idiot, people of those days who were educated were philosophical so it was a metaphoric translation that woman was created as an equal... the ribs are in line with each other... she wasn't created from a bone above to be smarter or a bone below so she can be taken advantage of. If God wanted people to follow wouldn't he being the ideal being create a book that is very literal almost like instructions... but then again The almighty doesnt publish books with his spare time or go to certain people to tell them stories to relate. He also gave us the gift of free will... if its is a given gift...why follow the selfish, contradicting words of mortal men? The bible contains many great examples of being a good person however its not the only book that inspires a good life.