IT’S ALWAYS CHALLENGING TO PROVIDE REASONS FOR OUR INSTINCTS. IT’S DIFFICULT BECAUSE INSTINCT IS NATURAL, PHYSIOLOGICAL, INNATE. INSTINCT IS A MAGNET THAT DRAWS US TOWARD SOMETHING WE CHOOSE SOLELY BASED ON OUR INNER SELVES, WITHOUT SUPERSTRUCTURES OR HYPOTHETICAL TIMELINES. INSTINCT IS FREEDOM ONLY IF IT IS UNDERSTOOD IN ITS AUTHENTIC FORM: A DRIVE THAT LEADS US TO OBSERVE WHAT OUR EYES AND HEARTS CARRY WITHIN. HYPOTHETICAL TIMELINES COME INTO PLAY WITH FEAR, MALICE, AND DISSATISFACTION WITH OTHERS, BRUTALLY CAST UPON US. IN A FAIR WORLD, WE SHOULD BE FREE TO CHOOSE ESSENCE OVER FORM, PREFER “HOW” OVER “WHAT,” FAVOR “ENOUGH” OVER “HOW MUCH.” THE “WHYS” OF INSTINCT BECOME SUPERFLUOUS IF WE LIMIT OURSELVES TO VIEW THE WORLD THROUGH OUR OWN EYES AND OBSERVE OTHERS’ WORLDS LIKE KINDLY SPECTATORS.
WHAT SHINES WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO DESPITE ATTEMPTS TO DIM IT, WHAT SOUNDS LOUD WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE A NOISE, INDEED BECAUSE SOMEONE, EVEN JUST ONE PERSON, WILL BE THE NATURAL MAGNET OF SO MUCH BEAUTY. AS LONG AS THIS EXISTS, NO ONE DEEP DOWN WILL BE ABLE TO CODIFY ONE’S FEELINGS AND GAZE. DOING SO WOULD BE LIKE FILTERING THE ENTIRE WORLD THROUGH A SINGLE LENS, FORCING SHADES AND NUANCES TO EXIST. IT WOULD BE LIKE SAYING THAT A SUNSET DESERVES MORE ADMIRATION THAN A SUNRISE, THAT THE SOUND OF A PIANO IS BETTER FOR ONE’S HEARING THAN THAT OF A DRUM KIT. OUR INTERNAL ENGINE, WHICH IS CONTINUALLY EXPANDING, IS SHAPED THROUGH EXPERIENCES AND CONTINUES TO EVOLVE THROUGHOUT LIFE, RELENTLESSLY. IT’S IMPOSSIBLE TO CODIFY A SINGLE VERSION OF OURSELVES BECAUSE WE CROSS SLOPES AND PLAINS WITH UNIQUE RHYTHMS, NEVER IDENTICAL TO ONE ANOTHER OR ANYONE ELSE. WE WOULD NEED TO UNDERSTAND THE UNIQUE PROPERTY OF HUMANS AND THINGS, A PROPERTY THAT ANSWERS ONLY TO ONESELF. DELICACY IS THE MOST PRECIOUS GIFT BECAUSE WE HAVE DELUDED OURSELVES INTO THINKING THAT BEING THICK-SKINNED IS FOREVER. DELICACY, ON THE OTHER HAND, KNOWS HOW TO PERSIST AND PURSUE AN IDEAL WITH STUBBORN GENTILITY, PRECISELY BECAUSE IT ALLOWS THE GAZE TO OBSERVE WHAT SURROUNDS IT.
ONLY WITH A DELICATE GAZE CAN WE ENSURE THAT BEAUTY IS FREE TO BE CHANGEABLE, MULTIFACETED, NEVER THE SAME AS IT WAS BEFORE. WITH ITS MAGNETISM, IT WOULD EVEN ATTRACT THE THICK-SKINNED, FRIGHTENED
BY A WORLD WHERE, WITHOUT BEING ABLE TO EXPLAIN WHY, WHAT IS RIGHT AND WRONG IS DECIDED FOR OTHERS BUT NEVER FOR ONESELF. DELICACY IS NOT ONLY HARD-HEADED IN ITS GENTLENESS; IT ALSO MANAGES TO BE IMPERVIOUS TO THE “WHYS AND WHEREFORES,” AS IT LACKS SHARP EDGES AND DARK RECESSES. DELICACY INSISTS ON ILLUMINATING EVEN THAT WHICH IS TAINTED BY A SHADOW, FINDING BEAUTY EVEN IN WHATEVER HAS BEEN DISTORTED BY TIME BECAUSE IT UNDERSTANDS ITS UNIQUENESS, STRENGTH, AND THE IRREPRODUCIBILITY OF WHAT LIES BEFORE IT. WHETHER FORTUNATELY OR NOT, NOT ALL OF US ARE INSTINCTIVELY LIKE THAT BECAUSE DELICACY IS INNATE BUT NATURALLY ALLOWS FOR EMULATION, KNOWING THAT SUCH CONTAGION WOULD BE THE MOST EXHILARATING FEVER EVER KNOWN.
