Embracing my inner Bohemian... ❤

Bohemian - the practice of an unconventional lifestyle, often in the company of like-minded people, with few permanent ties, involving musical, artistic, or literary pursuits. In this context, Bohemians may be wanderers, adventurers, or vagabonds.

See the definition above? THIS IS ME. It took me a long time to realize it, but yes: I am Bohemian. Of course, I am not just going to walk around and be “Hey, I’m Bohemian and blah blah blah…”, but I am surely going to embrace now that I can really come to terms with it. The like-minded people that I hang around with (which is only a handful of people) have different tastes in music, have artistic background and they all have literary talents, in which the literary talents (such as writing a story) I have not got down pack. I know that they would not see themselves as Bohemian – or know what it is for that matter – but I surely define myself as such. 

I can hear it right now. “Why do you label yourself as such things?” Well, I do not particularly see it as a label. I see it as my identity and how I IDENTIFY myself as a person. I should not have to hide my identities because of the stereotypic idiocrasies that will come with it. I should be able to do or feel as I wish, without requesting approval from anybody. What saddens me about today’s electronic, artificially-incline, labeled society is that we all tend to define and see what’s in store for someone else’s life, but not our own. I, too, have subjected myself to this matter, by going “Oh, you shouldn’t be doing this. Try this instead.” Now, I say “Eh, it’s their choice. Not mine.”, because everyone deserves to find their true identity in their lives, and not spending their precious lives by bring satisfaction to others’. I pity sticking to just one custom, so that’s why I am of the Bohemian lifestyle, because there is not one moment where I am exploring the diversity the world has to offer.

In the definition I put above, the last sentence says, “In this context, Bohemians may be wanderers, adventurers, or vagabonds.” I am definitely all three of these things. I feel that wandering – whether it be daydreaming or wandering through an unfamiliar place, can evoke the inner depths of our thoughts that we did not think we ever possessed. In other words, if there isn’t a mysticism to your method, there is definitely method to your mysticism. I have not actually been on an adventure to explore the world on my own as of yet, so for now I’m adventuring through the inner depths of my mind, body and soul to find out who I really am as a person. 

And now for the inevitable, yet cliché question: “Why?” Why, you ask? I am Bohemian, because I am passionate about the arts, music and literature, especially from around the world. I am a rather eccentric person. I tend to base my hobbies on things from different cultural, artistic and political fronts. I have a handful of friends who want to see change and difference, and we refuse to succumb to the rather confusing and complex modernism of today’s society. To be perfectly honest, I cannot catch up with it to save my life. People may say that I don’t have a life, but I do. I just have it in a more mystic context. I am Bohemian because I am DIFFERENT. Lots of people say that their different from each other, but are they really? When you get a handful of people who try to be like everybody else, they are immediately out casted because of they want to stand out from the others. I am proud to be Bohemian. I am proud of the other entities that I define myself as: Surrealist, Straight-Edge, Culturist, and Minimalist. I am proud to be me. By the way, I am not labelling myself. I am IDENTFYING myself, which is a true principle of individualism. 

That’s it for me today. Hope you guys enjoyed my rant, spill, and my realization, if you will. Haha, until next time people, which will not be long since blogging is now my lifeline from myself to the world. 

Song of the Day – “Mana Na Bana” by Konono no 1!