Eliot Inspired

To set me aside from all others is to be wrong; for I am not different from everyone else and I am not unique. To discuss our individual existence as individual would be incorrect. If You set yourself apart from the rest, You are only casting yourself into another category – those who think that they are different, when in reality, they are like everyone else. For me to believe that I am different, then I am wrong. I must be disproved, because for me to be who I am, I must first look at those before me. For You to believe that you are different and individual is also wrong, and You, too, must be disproved. For either of Us, or any of Us, to believe that each is individual, that each is singular in thought and idea, We are wrong. Humankind is not individual or singular; it is not alone or unique. Humankind is unity, is bonded, is plural, and is alike. The Human race is not quite and thoughtful but loud and provoking. We have not individually proven and discovered knowledge but instead We have proven and discovered together, one after the other, using each other’s knowledge to build a greater knowledge, a greater thought, and ultimately, a greater understanding of who We are. T.S. Eliot once wrote “No poet, no artist of any art, has his complete meaning alone. His significance, his appreciation is the appreciation of his relation to the dead poets and artists. You cannot value him alone; you must set him, for contrast and comparison, among the dead.” The artist is not the only one for whom you must appreciate within a greater scheme. Each is their own, yes, and once in a while, Each presents Everyone with something individual, yes. But if Each isn’t first motivated by the Past who had once also presented something individual, than Each wouldn’t be considered important. Each wouldn’t have seemed important to Everything, for in order for greatness to transpire, We must first know about previous Greatness and what they did. To set me aside, to set You aside, would be wrong. To include, to involve, to unite, and to bond, would be correct.