A Train of Thought

Bharath and me were talking and we began speaking of how people speak of these 'boxes' everyday.

Q. Why do you want to get a haircut? - umm.. because im going for a job interview - because i want a job - because i need to feed myself - because i want to get rich - because i want to live life - because i want to be comfortable.

So it got me thinking as to what the box actually is? Does one box conjure many others? Or do we use one box after another to validate the previous?

What is the box here? Is it justfications you've given yourself for an act depending on the social climate around you / you're in? How much is governed by external influences? Most of it.

The box is now man's burden and man, it's beast of burden.

Man is becoming part with what he created.

How much baggage do we carry around with us today? Voicing opinions, what we wear, what we do? What are all the things we conform to? What would happen if that conformity were to break?

People walking through doors, each door asking for a reason for why you do what you do? obstruct to emphasise on your choice?

Can it be preplanned? but then whats the fun?

Is my role here to reveal these boxes to people?

Can i get people to generate stories?

Can i generate these stories and play them back or have people to refer to them when they view the artworks?

So i did a few trial rounds:

I'm wearing a tie because it is a fashion statement - because i like to dress out of the ordinary - because people will look at me - because i never got any attention as a kid - because i was not smart - because you are required to be smart - because you need to be pretty, cute, talented and all those things to get attention.

I'm wearing a tie because im going to school - because its formal - because its a christian missionary school - because we need to appear mature and focussed - because they are misguided - because appearances make a lot of difference - because they want to look good - because people are too obsessed with what others think of them - hey but wearing ties is uncomfortable and i can't focus.

I'm wearing a tie because i like ties - because they remind me of my favorite band - because the lead singer of my band loves wearing ties - because its the look - because punk rock has a certain image - because its the formal and the "i rip the system" together - because they dont like authority - because they think rules are shit - because certain rules are not for everyone - because one person can't decide whats good - because its not an individual thing, its global - because people like it better when lots of people impose rules - because people can't see one person with power - because they are jealous - because they can't have that power - because they are losers - because they can't speak for themselves - because they are too stuck to rules

I live in a room which is box because - a triangle is wierd - because the box has a better surface area to fit things in and keep things on - because its provides and optimum usage of space (provided whats going in there) - because a wasteage of space wouldn't be wise - because nobody likes unnecessary negative space - because its not valuable - because its junk - because something doesn't fit in there.

But not all of them think like this,, i got some random ones as well...

Im wearing a tie because im going for work - because im late for work - because there was a traffic jam - because there was a cow sitting in the middle of the road - because she ate a jelly fish - because she was hungry.

Conclusion: Cannot predict responses and they can only be orchestrated to a certain extent.