I only started going to socials and get-togethers this year (most of them are related to Creative Communications). After years of not going to such events, I wanted to get out and experience what others had been doing for so many years.
This may sound ridiculous to some, but when I went to the Creative Communications Marker Social this September, I felt like I was in a foreign country, and I am not kidding about that. I am not usually the kind of person you will find around strobe lights and DJs. My concept of leisure has always been a trip to the buffet, casino, bookstore, library, public pool, and movie theatre; I have stayed away from bars a great deal.
It should not surprise you, then, that I was viewing the world through the eyes of a child when I was at the Marker Social. Actually, I would describe it as an out-of-body experience. I was dancing along with many other people, but in some respect, I didn't feel like I was "there".
What I learned from that experience is this: if you give your money and devote your time to the same old institutions, you create a world for yourself. Once you go to other institutions like bars and nightclubs, the world you create becomes more complex, more complicated.
I will argue there are two kinds of worlds: the world you experience and the world as is. The food you eat and the places you go to help create the former. If tastes can change and if interests can change, then your world can change as well. Seeing things from a different perspective helps create that world, and it is up to you to keep it as is or tear it down and start from scratch.
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