Keita Morimoto, Calling You, 2024
Let’s be honest! There’s a certain thrill that comes with living on the edge. There is a thrill that accompanies the struggle to hang on. There’s a certain thrill people get from the urgency of holding things together or keeping them from falling apart. People who live on the edge can become so addicted to the adrenaline rush of the drama that they depend on crises to make them feel important. When you are struggling on the edge, you have something to do. When there is a problem to solve or a crisis to overcome, you feel needed. When you make desperate attempts to overcome the problems and difficulties you face, you feel validated. This gives you a temporary high called busy-ness. For some people, being busy makes life worth living. People who live on the edge are always busy avoiding something, getting over something or getting through one thing or an-other. In most cases, they never quite make it over to the other side, but they can tell exciting stories about the struggle just to hang on.
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