...people are going to be the end of this world...
...more on that to follow.
How do you change someone else's perspective on life? Is it even possible?
-- Jack's overly anxious mind
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What would you do if you woke up and time was going the opposite direction. You are now living each day before the last with knowledge of your own death. What would you Change? What could you do differently? Could your influence be enough to save you from time itself?
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5 comments:
I don't think you can change someone's perspective on life... you can only influence it.
I would disagree. With some degree of manipulation you can change someones outlook. I definitely involves fucking with someones base beliefs and playing off of them. For instance if someone is a very strong artist you can play and force the creativity card along with setting up various "Coincidences" for them to encounter to help see things in the light that you would have them see it.
I think our personal perspectives are the most sacred thing we all have. To manipulate them is wrong. Even if you think you are "helping" a person by doing so. Is it really creativity that you helped them find? Creativity is a personal outlook and feeling one uses to show the world their vision. How can one force creativity? I think you are trying to elude to inspiring someone.
"...setting up various "Coincidences" for them to encounter to help see things in the light that you would have them see it." Who's vision are you trying to have them create?
You raise an interesting set of arguments...um...anonymous...(I'll just call you 'anon' from now on). However, I think I missed what I wanted to really say (through no ones fault but my own). Let's get away from influencing someones creativity, because I agree with you - "Creativity is a personal outlook..." However, let's, for example, change the situation to how someone feels about themselves. Let's say that someone finds themselves incredibly unattractive, and is constantly being negative about the way that he or she looks - this could include putting them self down every chance they got either internally or externally, or could even go as far as plastic surgery. In that situation is it possible to change their perspective and would it still be considered a negative thing?
I hope that made more sense.
In response to you comment. I'm not arguing the right vs. wrong here. Manipulating someone has a very interesting set of consequences. Maybe creativity wasn't a great example either. I just feel that there is very many different ways to adjust peoples vision to more preferable ways to your own. Be it by the means of manipulation at its dirtiest or by just being a reassuring friend who has the right words when then need to be said.
In response to Jack's specific example of someones view of themselves that can be a little tricky but not entirely impossible. Since the view of ones self lies on such a personal level it is hard for outside sources to really sway that. It seems like negativity has a much greater chance of sticking then something positive in that case. I do feel that if you place the right compliments at the right time that aren't to cheesy but rather more heart felt and honest you stand a good chance to shift that view.
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