Be Reasonable!
It bothers me when people do not act based on reason - people in reality and "people" in books. Acting out based on passion/anger can lead to unchangeable results in a very short time. For instance, the painter in the book "The Marquis' Secret" who brushed dark paint across a portrait just because some girl he loved didn't express proper appreciation for it. Passion should not be allowed to rule.
On the other hand, the book is more amusing because of some of the absurd/irrational/dramatic actions of its characters. Maybe I'm a little strange, but I even find the overdone romantic stuff (there's nothing particularly bad) to be comical. (In real life my response would be "yuck, yuck, YUCK," but in a book it's funny partly because the author meant it to be serious.)
On the other hand, the book is more amusing because of some of the absurd/irrational/dramatic actions of its characters. Maybe I'm a little strange, but I even find the overdone romantic stuff (there's nothing particularly bad) to be comical. (In real life my response would be "yuck, yuck, YUCK," but in a book it's funny partly because the author meant it to be serious.)
posted by Claire at 14:41
2 Comments:
Maybe passion shouldn't always be allowed to rule, but I think in general people need more passion, not less.
Should passion ever rule one's life? A common definition of passion is "any powerful emotion". Although some passions may be properly motivated, it should be the motivation itself, and not the associated feeling, that causes us to do certain things. That may seem like splitting hairs, but I believe it is an important distinction.
I do agree that most people should be more passionate about what is worthwhile in their lives. I assume that this is the extent of what you wish to encourage. Passion that is not connected with some constructive purpose will often tend to be destructive.
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