Normal

Normality should not be a goal for the human race. What is generally meant by normal is average. Thus, someone who is normal would be average in all ways. None of us fit this description. We are all freaks. End of story.

We all pursue this concept of normality. All of us want to be normal. And before you think to yourself "Not me! I'm an individualist!", I have no doubt that you are, but you still want to be normal. Deep down, we all have this instinct. Not that it's a completely bad thing, occasionally we do have to conform and give up our interests for the good of the group. However, very few of us give up for the group nowadays, and we are obsessed with appearing absolutely ordinary. Why? Be honest, do you really like the standard to which you hold yourself? Of course not. If you are normal, than you have no life. All great artists were weird. Don't you think they're on to something? Be freaky.

Here's something I bet you didn't realize, strange people are liked. Really, don't you have a good friend who's a little on the off side? These are the people that are really envied, that you really want to be like. These are the people that shine. Maybe they make you shine for a little bit, then they go away and you reassume your 'normal shell'. Why do you do that? What are you afraid of? What do you have to lose? Weird out!

"Do not look at the faces in the illustrated papers. Look at the faces in the street." -G.K. Chesterton