Inexplicit subjects

By Johanne Margarette R. Macob

ONE intelligent man once told me to be more precise with what I say and write in this corner. That I should stop being philosophical. That I should always be practical. That I should write and speak in a direct manner. Considering the field he was coming from, he was more than wise to have told me that. Since then, I’ve endeavored to be less philosophical, to write on concrete ideas. I’ve endeavored to work on clarity and being concise.

However, a part of me would, once in a while, bring me back to my old habit. This is perhaps because I don’t only want to think simply about how I should write. I already present hard cold facts in my news articles that are easy to understand. So, what I want to do here is to make people think freely about anything. I want thoughts on “hugot lines” that lead to different meanings, depending on who gets to read it. I want my corner to be like people’s random Facebook posts. I want to use quotations I love to share. I want this to be liberating. I don’t mind being misinterpreted, I want to trigger new and different interpretations. I want to raise curiosity. I want to encourage thinking.

When I entered college, one of my first semester’s subjects was philosophy. We talked about love for wisdom, and fallacies, and possibilities. At first, I didn’t get the sense of the subject. I didn’t understand why we needed three units to understand epistemology, logic, ethics, and metaphysics- when none of these would directly make one smarter, or healthier, or wealthier. We talked about the value of existence, of truth, of values. We talked about ideas, that ranged from the sublime to the ridiculous. Eventually, I realized that the realm of philosophy provides us the opportunity to think beyond what the scientific laws or economic laws or any other exact laws available. It gives us the power of reasoning, to speak out our values, our beliefs. It empowers our soul.

I know I need to write more about realities. But I know I also need to write more about other things that matter: values, beliefs, feelings, on being human. Like the subject of philosophy, I want to write more about contentious issues, things that can elicit opinions from people. I once wrote about love, faith, hope, and freedom and those made me feel good so I am more inclined to keep on being philosophical because I want to engage more people. Not all can relate with sports, or politics, or science but, I think everyone has something to say about love, or life, or yes, about being human.

So please pardon me whenever I write my philosophies in life, my vagueness. Cogito ergo sum.

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