Matthew Brown

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There Is No Real : Our Burdens Make It Real

There is no real. This is the mantra of the world which we are slowly marching to. It is the cadence that we teach our children. It is the rhythm which incorporates our lives to its melody. Burdenship and truth are its opposite, but in order to accept oneself as its herald, it is paramount to accept the finite reality of one’s mortality. By doing so, we unlock the power of the moment, bursting open the chest of what makes our world wonderful. At all times, the most significant thing is death. This loss, born out of our fleeting lives, reminds us that every moment is important, and there are only a few chances that exist for us to choose whether we wish to make an impact on one another, or not. To make an impact, to connect and change others, lies at the very core of what it means to be human, and it is through this impact that our stories of burdenship sing truth to the darkness of the unreal.