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Innocence, life questions, musings, musings of life, obsession, purity, relationships, strange ideas, white
Do you know? White is the easiest colour to taint.
Once it is stained, it is extremely difficult to return to being completely white. Do you remember those white colour pencils that came with your colour pencil sets? It was the most useless pencil ever (I’ve certainly never used them, except on black paper) but that never stopped those cute kiddies from trying to colour over their mistakes with the white pencils. Of course, the white would never be able to completely cover over the other colours and they learn early on that once you make a boo-boo with one colour, you have to colour it over with something darker and darker. And as people gain more life experience, they grow increasingly more complex.
Why do people like innocence so much? An “innocent” person (by the definition I would like to discuss) is someone who hasn’t seen much of the world, who hasn’t yet been exposed to a whole lot of experiences, especially social ones. This person is like the piece of white paper that we got as children for us to draw on and scribble on. Pure, untouched, and clean.
When was the last time you liked to be handed a piece of paper that already had lots of different colours and patterns on it that someone else put there? There’s not much room for you to make your mark unless you spend a copious amount of time drawing on it or utilizing what is on the paper to make something original. You either accept the scribbles and boo-boos that someone else has made, or look for another piece of paper that has more white space on it.
I wonder if this is the reason people like innocence. They like the idea that they will be the one to put the colours on the paper for the first time. And as much as some of us like to say that they will never try to change someone, the truth is, human beings subconsciously want to make a mark in the world, especially on each other. Let’s be honest, human beings feel good when they are able to make a difference in other people’s lives.
We see this every single day.
When someone makes decisions based on our recommendations, we feel good about it. We try to persuade others of the righteousness of our values, and convert others to our religions. We enjoy showing someone our view of the world and even more when they begin to see the world in the same way we do, or enjoy doing the same things we do.
I think the obsession with innocence is that we simply have more opportunities to get a reaction out of someone and create a bigger ripple in someone’s life. It adds to our pride as a human being when we are able to make a notable difference in someone’s life.
What do you think? Why do people value “innocence” so much?
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