A picture is worth a thousand words. A video is comprised of millions of pictures. Real life is an infinitely changing picture, which is in essence many pictures. In that case, would watching a movie that was about photographs be worth infinitely much? And if words often mean nothing, does that mean that all of that is worth nothing too?
Since the dawn of time, people have tried to figure each other out. The only thoughts we truly know are the ones we have (and even those can be kinda sketchy sometimes), so the mystery of someone else's mind can be rather impossible to ever know. In the course of my life, I've found that words and actions can both be faked. However, the closest thing to incorruptible I know of seems to be reactions. Reactions, to me, seem to be short instinctive bursts of a person's true views on whatever they're reacting to. These can be as simple as a look, a twitch, or as complicated as a drawing inspired by whatever inspired them. Now this is not meant to discredit all words or actions, or say that every reaction is genuine - just that I've found reactions to be telling signs of people's character.
...well this is weird.
I rarely write stuff like this. I think I need to write something else to balance this out. But at the same time, I realize exactly what I've written. My mind has many innerworkings, as does every mind, and this sort of thought is very constant in my head. It's become increasingly rare that I express this particular thought process externally, however, as I just don't have time. Fortunately I still have a tiny bit of time to think. Thinking is one of my favorite things about being a human. It would seem most other animals are ruled by instincts, but humans have the power of free thought. What a gift that is! Entire universes can coexist inside the brain that created them. Real-life and imaginary can meet and create inspiration. A mind can function as a workshop of ideas, generating thousands per second. The human mind is an absolutely fascinating thing, and it almost makes me want to go into neurology. But then I might have to look at brains...eww.
Perhaps the most useless function of the human mind is the insane ability to overthink literally everything that ever happens. Mine seems to love this skill, and revels in every layer it adds to the simplicity of having a brain and being alive. Weird.
There are a lot of questions that could stem from this topic, so...any questions?
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