Well to put it into the context of Slips original post. If I come from a working class background, and yet earn enough to keep myself and my dependants living in a middleclass lifestlye, what class am I actualy?
On 27 Apr, 14:01, Molly Brogan <[email protected]> wrote: > Ohhhhhhh, good one, can we become without doing? > > On Apr 27, 5:44 am, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Hey Slip, > > > The short answer would be we are defined by what we do. > > > Your background does not matter, as much as which actions you perform. > > > On 26 Apr, 03:27, Slip Disc <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > I find that many people regardless of their social status, socio- > > > enconomic level or general upbringing sometimes identify with that > > > which they are not. Some call them a "wannabe". Whatever the label > > > whatever the alter ego it still remains the same, people relating with > > > that which they are not. > > > > Actor extraordinaire Daniel Day-Lewis once said, > > > "I came from the educated middle class but I identified with the > > > working classes. Those were the people I looked up to. The lads whose > > > fathers worked on the docks or in shipping yards or were shopkeepers. > > > I knew that I wasn't part of that world, but I was intrigued by it. > > > They had a different way of communicating. People who delight in > > > conversation are often using that as a means to not say what is on > > > their minds. When I became interested in theater, the work I admired > > > was being done by working-class writers. It was often about the > > > inarticulate. I later saw that same thing in Robert De Niro's early > > > work - it was the most sublime struggle of a man trying to express > > > himself. There was such poetry in that for me." > > > > Are we who we are or are we that which we identify with, or possibly a > > > combination of both? > > > > Personally I think that in someway we all identify with specific > > > things in the external world that we feel suits our personal desire, > > > want or need and then by adopting that identity we somehow learn to be > > > that which we identify with, unless it is beyond our capacity to > > > become that. > > > > Is that a distraction from who we "really" are? Is the constant > > > bombardment from multi-media a detriment to the development of the > > > true self? > > > > Do we waste much of our time in youth attempting to emulate that which > > > we are intrigued by only to realize later in life the reality of who > > > we really are?- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Minds-Eye?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
