In "PLEASE KILL ME" by Legs McNeil and Gillian McCain I realized that everyone is very loose about trust. I found it very interesting how easy it was for the Ramones to form because of the time period and how easy it was for them to just trust anyone. For the most part they had met in clubs and such and even on the street. Nowadays people are more scared to start talking to just anyone on the street.
Joey and Johnny met so calmly just on the street and around the neighborhood, and ended up meeting Dee Dee at CBGB's. It's really interesting how something like doing drugs ended up bringing these guys together and they ended up being so close. I think that them being so calm and mellow from all of the drugs allowed them to just be nice and friendly, and made it super easy for all of them to become such close friends. I think that if they had met, sober, and showing their true selves they might not've clicked, and really began to like one another. From other parts in the book I've seen that they aren't all the nicest people in the world most of the time. I think they found it so easy to trust because they all weren't thinking straight and just decided that they all liked the same style of music and they formed a band.
Last spring I was in Central Park with one of my friends and met a street artist named Sara. We were able to all just trust hoping that we could have faith in humanity and assume only the best. In a time like now people don't exactly stop and talk to strangers on the street or in the park but random things like this happen where people randomly connect. I think this is what happened with The Ramones and what happened with Sara and I. While they ended up forming a band and becoming famous, she painted my skateboard and we wandered through Williamsburg meeting artists. Both groups met over art, one form or another, and decided to just trust and become friends, both with positive outcomes.
Nice post.
ReplyDeleteI think it's interesting how things like drugs, which mostly have negative consequences can have good ones to. Sometimes you meet the best of people in the worst of times. Friendships can be born from the weirdest things.
Also, nice job relating this to your life. You continued to prove the point. Unexpected friendships can be the best. Sometimes you meet people you never thought you'd be close to and discover you're more alike than you thought...
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ReplyDeleteWell jack you have to be aware it's a human instinct to be aware and cautious of your own health. While we are sentient beings and have "feelings" we can drive past that, but in a place filled to the brim with strangers like New York City, you tend to not trust them. Like how the last thing you want to hear when on a subway is, "Excuse me Ladies and Gentlemen!" in a raspy stuttering voice. You hate this because your instincts is telling you, "they're not you! WHO CARES?" But your frontal lobe is saying, "you monster! How could you let this man STARVE?" So yeah, it kind of sucks.
ReplyDeleteEric, I feel like that comment could've been written on my Reading the World project and would've made just as much, if not more, sense.
ReplyDeleteLucie, SEE! YOU NEVER KNOW! Negative activities with positive outcomes.
Interesting and thought provoking blog post Jack. I do agree with the fact that in a city with so many people its impossible to know everybody and to connect to every single one of them. We're are always on the move not always saying hello to people we know or noticing the homeless person sleeping on the park bench. I guess we're taught to not trust strangers someone we don't know but at some point or level our wall we build up slowly comes down. It's so easy to believe so easy to trust someone isn't it? I like how you added your own personal experience as well as challenge the characters actions.
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ReplyDeleteExactly.
We'll never know everyone in the city but if you stop and as you said, take down the wall, we might meet someone interesting in the crowds.
Thanks!