Saturday, 18 June 2011

Half-empty or Half-full?

Your perspective on the world is evinced in how you would end a story.
Or in how satisfied you are with the endings of other people's stories.
I would confidently extrapolate bold statements about a person’s understanding of the world based on whether or not the guy and girl ended up together, the underdogs won, or everyone died.

How you would end a story says everything about what is essential to your perspective of the world.
Is Sunday the “fit conclusion of an ill-spent week”
or the “fresh and brave beginning of a new one” (Walden 78)?
Is humanity basically evil or just faded Good?
Do people eventually disappoint or sometimes satisfy?
Is the glass half empty or half full?

Write a story.
Find out how you think.
Let me know so I can judge you.

Just kidding
...mostly.

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