Though it takes a great deal of effort, time, and knowledge to build things up, it takes much less time to pull it all down. While we were taking pictures in Death Valley, someone was breaking into the studio at PME Records. They made off with a fair amount, but the point is that we had to cut our trip short, come back home, and start to fill out forms, call repairmen, and restructure the studio's security from the ground up. We could have been spending this time doing something truly constructive, or creative. Instead, we were forced to begin rebuilding something that it took someone else only minutes to destroy.
Looking back in Human history, the same can be said of virtually any accomplishment. Every creation, building, city, or vision takes either the entire heart and soul of someone, or the combined works of many, sometimes millions. Yet they only take one person (or a few), working for a very short time, to tear down.
Of course this is all very obvious, and everyone's considered it before. But with all that consideration, what they haven't been able to do is change the focus of those individuals toward something that can be more constructive. Man has tried to do this for millennia, to no avail. Whenever we manage to change a few minds, more spring up to fill that void. Is there a solution, or is it part of human nature, particularly in youth, to destroy? I believe it's part of human nature, and any effort to change the destructive tendencies of certain segments of society is doomed to failure. There is no hope of redemption. All we can do is continue to rebuild, and hope for the best. I guess that's in our nature as well. And that portion of our being is just as futile.
Looking back in Human history, the same can be said of virtually any accomplishment. Every creation, building, city, or vision takes either the entire heart and soul of someone, or the combined works of many, sometimes millions. Yet they only take one person (or a few), working for a very short time, to tear down.
Of course this is all very obvious, and everyone's considered it before. But with all that consideration, what they haven't been able to do is change the focus of those individuals toward something that can be more constructive. Man has tried to do this for millennia, to no avail. Whenever we manage to change a few minds, more spring up to fill that void. Is there a solution, or is it part of human nature, particularly in youth, to destroy? I believe it's part of human nature, and any effort to change the destructive tendencies of certain segments of society is doomed to failure. There is no hope of redemption. All we can do is continue to rebuild, and hope for the best. I guess that's in our nature as well. And that portion of our being is just as futile.
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