This past week, we all got the task of creating our own manifestos; whether that be a serious doctrine unravelling all the hidden lies within humanity itself and how to ‘fix’ them, or all the unknowns that you as an author now pledge to dissect and unveil to the vast public to create a ‘better’ world through the arduous path to one's mind. Regardless, all the manifestos we created through the laborious exposure and service always led to a point, a point defined and produced by only the bounds of your set ideals and general prophecies; a point which conveys information to a given end in order to maneuver through your own psychology for a given purpose—these points which threaten the very beliefs of any person at any given time—. However, if there even is such power to manipulate such (allegedly) complex minds through the means of such simple strategy, one must wonder if it’s ever all worth the value to wander through the every-day ever-lasting never-ending cascade of human life to its extremes.
Cat’s Cradle, written by Kurt Vonnegut and published in 1963, is a sardonic novel encompassing the footsteps of life’s trials and embodying the question of not one person's reason of existence, but the query of all ‘human’ itself. John, a journalist, whilst researching those who contributed to the creation of the atomic bomb, finds himself in a scientific-fiction scenario of question and new assay; one which would decide the fate of all of one for one of all. From this story, it’s layout, and later all the orders and rules directed towards the faith of 'Bokononism' and its presets and foma, there and only then under the true subjugation of the truth over the process of persuasion and ultimate conclusion, came to be this manifesto that turned the world arise.
In reality, a point is just a point.
A manifesto is a manifesto.
A thought is a thought.
Except a thought is yours,
Your own to develop, perceive, and communicate;
Yours to give, yours to create.
Yours to give. Your point to make.
One's point to gain.
A point to be.
A manifesto is the thoughts of someone else.
The thought of someone else is not yours.
… Is it?
-Jakub Tinoco
This was really funny to read Jakub. I liked how you shaped the text and added an image. The part at the end made me laugh. Great post!
ReplyDeleteHello Jakub, I like your Manifesto. Though it just describes a manifesto, it describes an interesting view on it. A manifesto on a manifesto.
ReplyDeleteComment written by Naomi: Hi Jakub, nice blog post! It was very interesting to read and definitely something new.
ReplyDeleteInteresting post Jakub! I really like your manifesto, especially the part "A manifesto is the thoughts of someone else. The thought of someone else is not yours … Is it?" I had to read over it a couple times to try and comprehend it.
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