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Thinking Cap FOUR
Thinking Cap FOUR
When people’s mentality change, so will the language. If we take away the homophobia that comes with saying
someone is gay or a faggot, you’ll see those words used less and less; until we find a new minority to focus our nation’s
hate on.
The closing track on Dividing Lines, Mirage, seems to be an introspective and retrospective description of fading youth.
Do you feel as though your youth has somehow been cut short? How are you dealing with the inevitable and some-
times difficult transition between college student and college graduate?
I actually don’t feel like my youth is cut short. I’m very lucky in that I’m able to enjoy an extended youth, almost. I have
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friends my age who have serious real world concerns, and I’m not quite at that point yet. I’m dealing with the transi-
tion into the real world as best I can. I plan on just taking the best possible steps I can to live a comfortable life. I have
options. I have a good life. I come from a good home who are willing to help me out as much as they can. They don’t
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exactly support Sacred Love, but they support me through school and give me the best possible options in order to
succeed, and I’m extremely thankful for that. But the real world is waiting for me. That fact that I’m probably not going
to have a job that challenges me or stimulates me is a reality. The line “I’ll live in die in four years time, reincarnate to
wait in unemployment lines” pretty much sums up how I see my college experience going. I’m not a strong student, so
I need to bust my ass studying in order to test well; however, will that secure me a job when I get out? It’s pretty laugh-
able when I think about it - laughable and pretty depressing. I eventually plan on going back to school, and becoming
a teacher or a councilor, so I can feel that I’ve actually helped someone. I want that more than anything else in life.
Is this world worth saving?
Yes, absolutely. I’m not a misanthropist. I have the utmost faith in humanity. I have the utmost faith that we can take
charge of our oppressors and return things to equality. Some people argue that our Presidents have been chosen
far ahead of time, and there’s absolutely no hope of finding hope or change in American politics; but I don’t buy
completely into it. I think people’s hands are tied so tight that they’re frightened to make a change. But if you look at
human history, there has always been a fight back against the oppressors. Will I see it in my life time? Not sure. I believe
we’re in a Dark Age of thought. Will I see the Age of Enlightenment? I’d like that; but I wouldn’t feel unfulfilled if I didn’t.
I have faith that one day, even if I’m not around, the scales will be even and we will take back control.