Comments on: Through the Window of My Eyes http://www.hearandsay.com/uncategorized/through-the-window-of-my-eyes/ pass the pop couture Fri, 23 Sep 2011 05:09:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Kayla D http://www.hearandsay.com/uncategorized/through-the-window-of-my-eyes/comment-page-1/#comment-549 Kayla D Tue, 08 Dec 2009 10:08:25 +0000 http://www.hearandsay.com/?p=463#comment-549 This brought up the idea of the "[US] American Dream" and its emphasis on individual achievements--as in, an expectation for people to [be able to] fulfill roles which are considered normal. Though I find this results in creating greater conflict than resolution; the pressure of self-omittance (yes, I know this is not a word but it totally should be) in order to conform to the "standard" of happy...or even, one could say, appearing as though they're trying. Kitsch baby, kitsch. How sad it is for people to hold the norms of society in such high regard they end up putting their happiness on the back-burner to obtain acceptance--despite it lacking truth. And yet we do...most, if not all, of us do or have at one point or another. Oh systems, why you gotta hold such power? This brought up the idea of the “[US] American Dream” and its emphasis on individual achievements–as in, an expectation for people to [be able to] fulfill roles which are considered normal. Though I find this results in creating greater conflict than resolution; the pressure of self-omittance (yes, I know this is not a word but it totally should be) in order to conform to the “standard” of happy…or even, one could say, appearing as though they’re trying. Kitsch baby, kitsch.

How sad it is for people to hold the norms of society in such high regard they end up putting their happiness on the back-burner to obtain acceptance–despite it lacking truth.

And yet we do…most, if not all, of us do or have at one point or another. Oh systems, why you gotta hold such power?

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