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...I was always interested in people. The way they talked, looked, thought, acted...it always fascinated me. I always thought, or at least was always led to believe, that it was because people were so unpredictable, and I suppose that still is the reason. But in talking to some 'free thinking' individual last Saturday night, I realized this wasn't the root of my interest.
It was that it is so difficult to study, or at least examine something when you are involved in it. It's usually quite difficult to map a continent from ground level. I discovered my continual interest was spurned by my continual ignorance and involvement in the complex game of human life. I become very focused and engrossed in a subject I don't understand, until I feel I've at least got the 'jist' of it, and because I've been raised to be fully submerged (forget the subtle oxymoron there) in humanity, my 'study' or understanding of human nature has been undermined.
A great example presented itself today, I was playing chess with a friend (and I already hold a solid belief that chess reflects life) while another friend watched. He was able to see a multitude of moves that could have aided either side, but when I asked him if he wanted to play, he replied that when playing he couldn't think of any of these moves because he would be too focused on playing the game. I myself find this with watching chess, and with life also. Once you are fully a part of it, you are unable to look at the bigger picture. So you don't have the knowledge to go against it, or how to make criticisms of it.