Art and the philosophy of life

Sheep…

Stork, Bird, Animal, Sheep, Mammal

“Uh, guys…there’s a weird sheep standing over there.”

“Why can’t you just graze like the rest of us?” asked Ba ba.

“I’m just sayin’ it’s not like any other sheep I’ve seen before.  If you could stop eating for a second and look up you might see what I’m bleating about.”

“Fine,” said Mary, raising her head.  “Hmmm, you’re right.  That is a weird looking sheep.  Maybe the humans made it.”

“What should we do?”

“Say hello, I guess,” she said.

The sheep all looked at the newcomer and said hello.  The newcomer did not respond.

“I guess he really is a bit weird,” said Mary, going back to the meal.

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That’s the problem.  When you’re always used to seeing sheep, sometimes that’s all you ever see.  When you’re used to being used by the culture you live in, you can’t see that things should be any other way.

 

 

Comments on: "Sheep…" (12)

  1. travel is good for the soul, maybe he is a travelling woolbury.. hahaha

    • I think it’s definitely true. We are asleep and blind to the things that are happening. Kept that way on purpose. Trained to not see or think but to see what we’re told to see.

  2. An interesting concept: “being used by the culture you live in”?

  3. that’s true i guess

  4. BlackSheep said:

    All I see are sheep.

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