VANTAGE POINT
PERHAPS I NEED TO HAVE MORE FAITH IN MY OWN PERSPECTIVE. IT IS UNIQUELY MY OWN, AND THE FACT THAT NO ONE I KNOW SHARES IT DOES NOT MAKE IT ANY LESS VALID. WHILE IT MAY FEEL "DETACHED" FROM THE MAINSTREAM OR HOW OTHERS VIEW THE WORLD, THIS DETACHMENT IS SIMPLY RELATIVE TO THE CONTEXT IN WHICH I EXIST.
AS AN OBSERVER, I FILTER THE WORLD THROUGH MY EXPERIENCES, MAKING MY PERSPECTIVE SUBJECTIVE, NOT TRULY DETACHED. WHAT SEEMS REMOVED OR SEPARATE IS ONLY A REFLECTION OF THE BOUNDARIES AND INFLUENCES OF MY CONTEXT. MY VIEW REMAINS GROUNDED IN MY OWN FRAME OF REFERENCE, WHICH IS INHERENTLY JUST AS VALID AS ANY OTHER