Hmmm... My mind sort of went to places after reading you. That principle is practically inherent around here.
The rubber principle? Maybe for some, but tickling takes many different shapes and can be received differently, so I don't think it applies systematically. I give it to you though, it fits perfectly, which is probably why it has occurred to me in the first place
Like Master CAB says (and has told me many times), you are what you eat.
It's a pleasure to take your mind to places. Hope you enjoy the ride~
Speaking of creative personalities... Van Gogh and Edgar Allan Poe had it at extremes.
Oh my god you're so RIGHT on that one
If we start listing people whose obsession led to the sublimest artistic creations, it would take us several days!
That's probably why my writing is still so shitty: I am too happy every day, all the time, to gather the amount of negative energy required to, like Meangry (a fellow user here, and a better author than I am) says "sit at the typewriter and bleed"
Hmmm... Talking about maturity, now you made me think. Was it because some people have a way with their ego? They could either tame or let it run wild...
IMO, it's not about their ego being too big. In fact, I find most people, especially the younger ones, to be extremely lacking in the ego department, with self-confidence issues, lack of ambition, low self-esteem, etc... It has more to do, in my opinion, with a super-ego that has not been developed enough, or in the most extreme cases, is nonexistent. Whatever impulse or frustration they experience is not reined in nor channeled properly through the use of restraint and self-control. One thing, in my opinion that should clearly separate the adults from the children.
Or maybe, the society is indirectly vile, a certain culture fuels repression.
I wouldn't say that society is vile; societies (plural) are very diverse, culturally and spiritually. Even amongst the Western societies alone, there is a world of difference between America and a country like France, for instance. Granted, the decadence and corruption is both deep-rooted and generalized in all of them (and I think that's what you were getting at), but it metastasizes in different ways. The means to combat it vary also a lot. In the end, it is up to each of us to find our own balance; I think I have largely succeeded in that, myself.
Digital age. People who hides behind anonymity are vocal and are less inhibited to do crazy things. What they repress in real life gets easily squealed here.
While it raises concerns, especially in the realm of privacy, the digital age has also allowed a lot of people a way to release a lot of accumulated frustration, and more crucially, to connect with each other. I am very glad I get to exchange with like-minded people regularly here, and also get to collect so much tickling art. And I do believe that, in the long run since I discovered it, made me a better person. More balanced and less obsessive. Also more fluent in English
