A madman on Love

"There is always some madness in love. But there is also always some reason in madness."--- Friedrich Nietzsche

“Friedrich Nietzsche was a German philosopher of the late 19th century who challenged the foundations of traditional morality and Christianity. He believed in life, creativity, health, and the realities of the world we live in, rather than those situated in a world beyond. Central to Nietzsche's philosophy is the idea of "life-affirmation," which involves an honest questioning of all doctrines which drain life's energies, however socially prevalent those views might be” -http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/nietzsche/


My new role model, ha ha, other than my parents I’ve never really looked up to anyone else, or placed too much importance on what ‘well respected’ or famous people say. As a child, I cant recall any famous or uber-intelligent people that I admired, I think up until about 7 my idol was probably Lion-O from the Thundercats or He-Man from He-man and the masters of the universe. After that I don’t remember any one else, other than wanting to grow my hair long like Johnny Depp’s in ‘Blow’ (good thing I never did) I havent had too many other influences. I mean how cool is that: ‘The Masters of the Universe’… not just the world, but the universe.

I’ve been reading this book in which the main character at one point develops an almost obsession with Nietzche’s work, buying every book that this guy has written and still doesn’t feel entirely satisfied by finding all that he has to say. I’ve never heard of him before, then I pick up a book and read his name, then a few days later I’m blog-browsing again and this crazy girl in North America somewhere puts that quote at the top of her entry, evey day she has a quote, but that one made a lot more sense than the others. So because of a quote you get my lifes influences, good thing there arent too many.