Currently, going through Rousseau’s discourse on Political Economy, and his work called the Social Contract. He is confusing me a lot. I want to like him, but he is making it hard. He can be mean at times, then a lot of what he says makes sense. The irony was, he talked about the general will (i.e. the common will of the society) and believed that it should have precedence over the individual and the particular will (the wills of the subgroups or sub-communities), whereas he was himself, a loner. I think he was waiting for someone to include him into some group as he believed that a man is in chains everywhere, and he has to be forced to free himself from all the chains he has created around himself. I believe he was hoping somebody to break his chains and introduce him to a fraternity of some sort. Now, I feel like I am just rambling because I do not have a point to make. The problem is I really wanted to write something today, to make it appear like I was writing two days in a row, and as I had also promised myself that I will write something every day. I was actually reading Rousseau, and I thought to myself, why not write about Rousseau only. After all, his quote, Man is born free and everywhere he is in chains, is one of my favorites. However, now I don’t know what else I should add, it is different to know a person from far but reading his thoughts from close, can be disorienting, and can also make him less likable. Also, I am not entirely happy today. I do not like my new frame; I should have stuck to the black color, why did I experiment. I am being forced to wear less huge spectacles, as my parents and brother, believe that my current frame is hiding away most of my face. I hope now my title makes sense and is more relatable. I am forced to being free. At least, my face is being freed from the burden of oversized glasses. I am looking forward to writing about this movie I watched some time back, it is called, the Holy Motors. I wish to do it soon.
