I Promise

Truth be told: most people believe in at least one concept that has absolutely nothing to do with reality or self-betterment, just something meant to keep them in line. Making sure they never ascend to greater heights, and see a bigger picture! Until you are willing to Break All Illusions, you do not have my sympathy, only my pity. I know it's hard, I know it hurts more than you've ever felt, but it's worth more than you could ever imagine. I promise.

Author's Note

10/12/15

Reviews

[Perkele.7885]

When we are young we are instilled with the upper mobility complex As we age, most of see that this is bunk for the larger percentage of us, a delusion. So we settle in to where we are and like get used to it.

[Jonny The Savage]

Exactly. Very few ever search out the Logos. Let alone find the Christos.

[B]

Love it
I guess the worst to be in is in delusion
to not see anything for what it is
love the music

[Jonny The Savage]

Thanks.
Truly, I cannot imagine many worse fates, honestly, than eternal delusion.
But that's the path some choose.
Dream Theater's probably my favorite band at the moment...far too much talent.
John Petrucci is probably my greatest inspiration as a guitarist.

[B]

He is pretty damn good lol

[Jonny The Savage]

When I was a Nihilist, I used to tell people that he was the god I worshiped lol.

[B]

I see ..... teenager ?

[Jonny The Savage]

Yeah, not a very intelligent one in some ways.
Obviously haha.

[B]

Being a teenager is hell
so much changes
and who is there to walk you through them
read moreBeing a teenager is hell
so much changes
and who is there to walk you through them
what do you expect
the school doesnt help by just throwing so much work in your face
and home just scorns your parents trying to teach you stuff
its like you dont need to be taught anything right now
you want someone to understand you
i used to escape to my uncle house
i got tons of hugs and warmth

[Jonny The Savage]

For me, it was Orwell, early Huxley, Joyce, Kerouac, Plath, Pope and Paine.
I still identify more with John the Savage and Stephen Dedalus than almost anyone else.

[B]

oh you need to tell me more about the books
i do this thing every month i make an order of books and i must read them
and they change
so i love huxley
havent read orwell

[Jonny The Savage]

Well I'd highly suggest 1984 by George Orwell, although the accuracy is a little unsettling for a novel published in 1949.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce (who I share a birthday with) is a pretty great novel once you get into the stream of consciousness style. This is where Stephen Dedalus is from, a fictionalization of Joyce, himself.
I'd suggest Sylvia Plath's The Bell Jar and her poetry in general...her imagery is just incredible. Easily my second favorite poet.
Then follows Alexander Pope, my favorite poet. He can argue better in verse than I can in prose. Would really suggest his Essay on Criticism, An Essay on Man and his poetry in general.
Jack Kerouac is a pretty common staple, his On the Road, helped along the old beatniks, whom he hated.
For Aldous Huxley, I still say Time Must Have a Stop, Island, Brave New World and let's throw in Point Counter Point for good measure. (Counter Point is the name of one of my musical projects at the moment...and my stage name is a play on John The Savage from Brave New World, gotta keep the old literary gods alive somehow.
For Thomas Paine, I'm not sure anything less than The Age of Reason will do.
Hope that helps lol.
Sorry, could probably go on for hours.
Oh, and if you want to get into some of the spookier portions of my country...Check out Bill Cooper's (WIlliam Milton Cooper) Behold a Pale Horse. It's nonfiction and has a lot of photocopied pages put in, but it's a hell of a resource for understanding how things got to be how they are here.

[B]

I feel so stupid lol
I like Common sense for Thomas Paine

[Jonny The Savage]

There's no reason to though.
I apologize if that's too long of a list haha.
So did I, and The American Crisis.
He's a hell of a writer.
So inspirational.

[B]

I love him
Whenever i read him
I feel like he is slowly talking to me

[Jonny The Savage]

Me too.
I'm glad I have his complete works.
I mostly love his method of argumentation, it's so well done.

[B]

Like no one else exists but his voice
i feel blue now

[Jonny The Savage]

Sounds like you need to reed some Paine then :P.

[B]

yeah i do
lol

[Jonny The Savage]

I do too lol.
Really want to reread the Age of Reason.

[B]

I miss my family so much
And so many other people
so much

[Jonny The Savage]

I s'pose that's just a part of life.
I know the feeling though.
So many people walk into our lives.
And then suddenly we walk away or they do, for whatever reason.
It's sad how many people would rather be spiteful than happy.