Quicksand

"I'm sinkin' in the quicksand of my thoughts, and I ain't got the power anymore ... Don't believe in yourself, don't deceive with belief ... Knowledge comes with deaths release"

Curiosity can affect different people in a variety of ways ... It's one of the many personality traits human beings are predisposed to ... It can lead some into self discovery ... On the opposite end of the spectrum leading some to insanity ...

If curiosity killed the cat then all I can say is *meow* ...

I have always been a curious person ... I don't know whether it's the problem solving type of thought process I have that makes curiosity a precursor ... Wanting to know the inner workings of something ... how it was put together ... the reason it was put together ... what was felt when putting it together ... Knowing that something functions not being enough ... Questioning why a certain process is adhered to ... When it comes time to apply myself, approach a situation, form an opinion, I hope for a deeper understanding of it ...

"A car full of people goes from A to B in 5 minutes" ... Tell this to me in a story and, not consciously, I ask for more detail so the picture I have envisaged in my mind becomes more detailed ... *What type of car?* ... *Where are they going?* ... *Where are they leaving?* ...

When I meet people I don't like to base much on assumption ... Why assume when you can ask and know? ... Perhaps my thirst of knowledge is what drives this *curiosity* ...

People take my curiosity differently; even more so if they don't know me ... Whereas some see it as blunt or nosy , others may see it as confident or enthusiastic ...

I have put alot of people under the "inquisition" ... Not intentionally, not out of spite nor jealousy ... I could be ordering food at McDonald's and have my curiosity sparked by a tattoo on the hand of the person serving ... a personal photo a taxi driver has displayed in his cab ... a requested song ... a spoken quote ...

I was lucky enough to play host to a couple of members from one of my favourite bands ... we sat around and talked for hours ... the conversation including how some of their upcoming release songs were laid out, their feelings on those songs ... discussing the different perspectives we had in how we all listened to music ... how we listened to their bands music ... fans ... performing ... It was fascinating and fulfilling getting a glance from their take on things ...

To gain insight into how something or someone *is* in return giving deeper meaning and allowing greater understanding ... A multitude of doors open to new experience and emotion ...

A different way of listening ... Seeing from an alternate view, in another light ... An emotion prompted by a scent ... Feeling something written, not just reading it ...

Yes, more ways of how to see can bring about confusion ... Like Yin & Yang co-exist ... Everything has balance to some degree, regardless of whether the scales teeter on the edge of one side's favour, or not ... The sweet never being as sweet without the sour ...

Uncovering meaning ... pursuit in finding answers ... understanding one's reason ...

The fulfillment ... The satisfaction ... The disappointment ... The deceit ...

The quicksand of my thoughts ...