Meaning Itself - α

Thinking about "meaning".

I often wonder: why do I draw? Why do I run?

We usually think about the goal and meaning when we act, but the meaning is often impacted.

Now all kinds of we media are flooding the air with Ai drawing.Why do I still draw?

It's also difficult to lose weight by running, and it costs money to compete, and it's difficult to build muscles.Why do I still run?

Meaning may have to have a goal, or "reach the goal" or "maintain" the goal.

For example, "I work hard just to get out of the countryside, and drink coffee in a high-class restaurant"

"I do everything so that my family can live safely".

Everyone must perceive the goal to perceive the meaning, if there is no meaning, it is difficult to act.

Is it meaningless to ask myself what the meaning is?

Everyone learns to talk, walk, study hard, pursue honor, pursue a partner, and then raise the next generation.

What is not instilled into the meaning by the family and society?

Is it sometimes the meaning of doing something lies in doing itself?

Maybe in the short term, all behavior is meaningful, and it needs to be endowed with meaning.

But looking at the whole life, who can summarize the meaning? Maybe for someone, for the crowd, an action has meaning.

But does the meaning carry to the next person, to the person who has been acted upon, and then does that person themselves conclude that the action has meaning?

Why must we waste time looking for meaning, being denied meaning, and then seeking meaning again?

Can we paint just for painting's sake?Run just for running's sake?

对于“意义”的思考。

我时常在想:为什么要绘画?为什么要跑步?

我们行动的时候通常都要思考目标和意义,但是意义通常又被受冲击。

现在各种自媒体都在铺天盖地宣传Ai画画。我为什么还要画画?

跑步也难减肥,比赛也要花钱,也难练出肌肉。我为什么还要跑步?

意义可能必须要有目标,或者是“到达目标”、或者是“维持”目标。

比如“我努力就是为了走出农村,在高级餐厅里喝咖啡”

“我做的一切都是为了家人能平安地生活”。

每个人都必须要感知到目标,才能感知到意义,若没有意义,则难以行动。

是不是“自问有什么意义”就是一件无意义的事呢?

每个人从出生开始都在被动地学说话,学走路,努力学习,追求荣誉,追求对象,再培养下一代。

哪一件事不是被家庭和社会灌输进意义呢?

是不是有时候做什么的意义就在于做本身呢?

也许从短期来看,一切行为是都有意义的,也是需要被赋予意义的。

但是放眼整个人生,谁又能概括出意义来呢?

也许为了某人,为了众人的行为是有意义的。

但是意义传递到下一个人,到被施于的人自己又能总结出意义来吗?

为什么一定要把时间浪费在寻找意义,被否定意义,再追求意义上呢?

会不会画画只是为了画画?跑步只是为了跑步呢?

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