One in a hundred
So the list of blog topics I was excited about wasn’t as fun as I thought it’d be. Some of them were decent ideas, but none of them really up my ally. But in the spirit of adventure, I made myself pick at least one out.
Number 51. “The Art of Chaos”. Keep in mind that I’m giving this the ol’ “college try”. It’s very likely that I won’t pick a single other item from the list.
I like this topic at least a little because it can be broken down in an interesting manner. Using Ubiquity to define it, I’m drawn to the first two definitions in particular:
1: a state of extreme confusion and disorder [syn: {pandemonium}, {bedlam}, {topsy-turvydom}, {topsy-turvyness}]
2: the formless and disordered state of matter before the creation of the cosmos
Chaos. I like chaos. Pandemonium, bedlam, etc. Alrighty, bring it on. Confusion, disorder, formless state of matter… I really like this! In the sense that a constantly shifting amorphous mass is a thing of beauty, a raw and primeval force, I can see it as “artsy” in and of itself.
But wait a minute, “The Art” of Chaos? Turning something that is the definition of defying definition into a coin-fed entity? No, it’s contradicting. I don’t buy into it. That’s if you take the phrase quite literally and consider chaos as a noun, a thing tangible enough to be drawn, described or sculpted.
But what if you take it more like song and dance, a performance art? These things are extremely structured nearly universally, which is a polar opposite to what chaos is. A structured performance of the lack of structure or form… But you can perform chaotic actions. More accurately you can promote chaos through actions, as any action we take is still going to have structure or form, regardless of why or how these actions were performed.
So I think that if you were to look at it seriously, that phrase is stupendously silly. It’s impossible to look at it and not consider it ludicrous. It doesn’t even make a good oxymoron like “the thunderous silence” (I imagine it said by Danny Devito, because that pleases me).
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I’m so behind the times, I just now saw your new layout, it’s pretty badass.
What happened to blogging about the toilet-effect of flash mobs??
Or, the chili :D
None of the topics excited me very much either. I am thinking of doing something along the lines of the “10 Guilty Pleasures” idea. The others are too specific in their topics.