Just what about life draws you in? You know how people slow down when there is a traffic accident scene ahead. Why? Is it to give the workers room? Is it curiosity to see the scene? And what about wanting to help? Would you pull over and tend the the victims if you witnessed an accident?
We are moved when a notable person has died. The media reports it obsessively, and we end up learning more about the person in their death than we learned while they were living. Why couldn't the media, or why couldn't we ourselves, learn about them while they were living? Are we too busy working, schooling, running errands, cleaning, cooking, etc? Are we all a little selfish?
It's almost as if we become a little more caring when we hear about someone being dead. Suddenly we want to be with them, be a part of what they did in some way. Not that it's possible. But suddenly we care when we should have cared before.
On a different level, are we drawn to tragedy because it gives us an outlet for our emotions? We are granted the right to cry and not be ashamed for expressing our emotions, whether they be directly related to the tragedy or pent-up frustrations from our own lives. Is this the case? Are we really not supposed to express our emotions on a daily basis? Are we expected to be guarded in them?
Perhaps we are attracted to the art of it. We find something beautiful in the tragedy. It may be a renewed appreciation for life. Or maybe we are introduced to another figure or individual that we can appreciate as a new heroic figure.
Have you ever wondered these things? What's your take?
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silver_phoenix posted on Aug 30, 2009
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bhalah said on Aug 30, 2009....
is just one les, can not compite whith you, so then is sameone you can talk wanderfoul abaut, is not gona disturbe you. is gone. -
bhalah said on Aug 30, 2009....
be competitive i mean.. -
UnicornForm said on Aug 30, 2009....
human learned nature seems to focas around neegativity it seems... -
mOOn_platOOn said on Aug 30, 2009....
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When someone dies, a story ends. Once the story has an ending, we want to know the whole story, and how it relates to our own.
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gingersoul said on Aug 30, 2009....
Nah...people is not attracted by the beauty of tragedy.....leave it to the Ancient Greeks finding beauty and morals in tragedies...
I think people just just like to feel safe.
Like: "Better it happened to them than to me" -
Hegemone said on Aug 30, 2009....
I do think you touched on a good point, when someone dies it is a moment where it's acceptable to grieve and let your emotions wash over you without seeming weak, weird, or anything else. It is a true shame that we can't express our emotions, feeling, concerns as openly on a daily basis. Who knows where we'd all be if we could. -
fragglesrock said on Aug 31, 2009....
we are all a little selfish. we live in a selfish society. sometimes it takes a tragedy to "wake us up" -
silver_phoenix said on Sep 01, 2009....
Good points you all bring up. But I don't think every person is negative. There are a lot of optimists out there, myself included.
mOOn- I definitely agree with you on that. We want to feel connected in some way, a part of a greater whole.
ginger- oh no you didn't! just kidding. But really, there probably is a lot of truth to that.
Hege- I suspect that if we could all express our emotions on a daily basis, there'd be a lot of drama goin' on. Good thing society dictates that we act and be rational. Or at least try to be.
fraggles- I guess so. I hope people realize that life can end at any moment. We are not immortal.