Day of 2 Yellow Lunar Warrior
Tone 2 (Lunar): Creative power to Polarize
Challenge, action of Stabilizing
Yellow Warrior Seal (CIB): Questions
and emphasizes Intelligence
Hello hello,
it has been some time since I've written here. I've been busy
experimenting with the subject of the title of this post. That is,
function over form. I have had many conversations about this idea
lately, interestingly enough particularly with men, and it is time for
me to say something about it.
We are riddled by forms. They are
delivered to our doorstep, televisions, schools, existences. Society
loves form, capitalism loves it more. Form is packaged for you and sold
to you and impressed upon you. To be attractive you must look "this
way," to be successful you must have "this thing," to seem intelligent
you must acquire "this degree."
Yet, it is never the form that is
responsible for the happiness.
It is always the function that the form
provides expression for that brings the reward.
What is function, then? Well, definitively speaking it is "the action for which a person or thing is specially
fitted or used or for which a thing exists." A synonym for this
particular definition is PURPOSE. You'll remember I talked about that
last post, a few months ago. It is fitting then, that I take that one
step further.
Function provides form. Form often requires refining in
order to provide for better function. The square wheel, for example, was
not really useful. The form restricted the intended function of the
creation.
So it is with us.
Often times, we attach ourselves to ideas
of forms - often not even "our own" ideas (everything belongs to
Existence first) - and we allow those misshaped forms to define our
existences. This causes a lot of misery, being that ALL FUNCTIONALITY is
being suppressed into a limited (and let's be honest, not very
creative) number of "acceptable" forms.
An example of how we
commonly limit ourselves into restricted forms can be found in that we
often attempt to force a desired result into the way "it should look,"
rather than focusing on HOW IT SHOULD BE. So, a concrete example:
