Transcendentalism
Oh! to rise above the mundane, the plain, the life-draining banality, the pointless purposes! To be--truly be. To transcend all and exist above all! That--that alone--would be the epitome of life here on Earth. That sweet, sweet elixir of liberation from these shackles of Conformity and Hate and Reality discovered only by the most determined...And yet, in their grand philosophy exists an inherent hypocrisy. What is life without human connection? What connection forms between a demi-god and a common, crushed mortal? Transcendentalism, then, calls for detachment. Or freedom. Choose which word you will; they mean the same thing. Detachment from living, from struggle, from question. It speaks of a freedom bought at the price of textured experience, of ups and downs; after all, there is no such thing as a free lunch for anyone...
