I'm probably way off the mark of the original meaning, but to me it resonates with the melee of life and the disparateness that exists between individuals.
We will never see the world through the eyes and experiences of another person, but that doesn't make our own take on the world any less valid.
Taken to extremes one can start obsessing about the lives of others, particularly when it comes to celebrities and popular figures, and there's a danger one can begin to live vicariously through the perceived life projected onto such an individual.
Of course, what one believes another's life to be like is never accurate and cannot be, but as the obsessive fan of a celebrity, sports personality, pop idol etc, it could become all consuming until one begins to believe they are not really living because they don't have the other person's experiences.
But at the end of the day, we're all alive in this restless ocean of humanity where one person's perspective is completely unknowable to another's.
As a banal example, I often look up at and see an airliner streaking across the sky and I sometimes wonder who the people are onboard, where they are going and for what purpose. It's a mystery to me and in my head I might imagine myself jetting off to an exotic location for a few weeks of relaxation somewhere. But, just because I'm not it doesn't make my own reality any less valid.
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I'm probably way off the mark of the original meaning, but to me it resonates with the melee of life and the disparateness that exists between individuals. We will never see the world through the eyes and experiences of another person, but that doesn't make our own take on the world any less valid. Taken to extremes one can start obsessing about the lives of others, particularly when it comes to celebrities and popular figures, and there's a danger one can begin to live vicariously through the perceived life projected onto such an individual. Of course, what one believes another's life to be like is never accurate and cannot be, but as the obsessive fan of a celebrity, sports personality, pop idol etc, it could become all consuming until one begins to believe they are not really living because they don't have the other person's experiences. But at the end of the day, we're all alive in this restless ocean of humanity where one person's perspective is completely unknowable to another's.
As a banal example, I often look up at and see an airliner streaking across the sky and I sometimes wonder who the people are onboard, where they are going and for what purpose. It's a mystery to me and in my head I might imagine myself jetting off to an exotic location for a few weeks of relaxation somewhere. But, just because I'm not it doesn't make my own reality any less valid.