Self
“Self” is a prism of directionless ambiguity, yet it drives us.
We view the world through it, yet fail to understand how that same world shapes it.
“Self” is developed by the same personal and societal forces it is called to interpret.
We cannot perceive the world until we perceive our selves.
When the question of self comes up I frequently think of the Lyall Watson quote about the brain –
“If the brain were so simple to understand, we would be too simple to understand it.”
I think the same applies to self.