The Chase: Feeding The Ego, Starving The Soul
A fictional story about a cheetah that fell in love with the pursuit of its prey. A metaphor for how emotionally starved our generation has become as it glorifies temporary highs, quick thrills, and empty pursuits. Told from the POV of the predator.
Hey Lover, welcome back 🌹🫶🏽
This episode is a little different. I did a fun cheetah makeup look and was inspired to create a tale about how this character would perceive and engage with love. Especially with a companion it perceives as its prey.
Chasing a temporary high, letting it go on for longer than necessary out of enjoyment of the thrill. Devouring the prey would be good for the cheetah, it would nourish its body, and sustain it, similarly in our generation, settling down and loving each other honestly and truthfully would be good for us, but just like the cheetah that only chases is prey for fun (out of the constant need to be reminded of its power, i.e validation, the validation of knowing it can have any target at any time) just so it can have something to chase, toying with its source of nourishment, we toy with one another, playing with the thing that would actually sustain us (true connection, love, monogamy, the opportunity to be fully seen and accepted without overextending ourselves or forcefully expressing our power and identity onto others) out of the thrill of engaging in the game. Now, while human beings and relationships cannot be realistically compared to the hunt between predator and prey, there is a certain parallel that can be drawn between a bored and lonely cheetah who only chases for the thrill, and the state of our generation who mostly engages in situationships out of boredom and not because they’re actually looking to be fulfilled. Ultimately the cheetah is looking for companionship (while still trying to prove “it’s got it like that” but the problem is that it’s looking for it in the wrong places and going about it in the wrong way, it inevitably starves and dies because it cannot bring itself to accept its nature and condition. Similarly, the parts of us (as humanity) that seek true connection die when we engage in “the game” of dating around with no intention and playing one another. We starve ourselves for the sake of playing the game. We starve our true nature, a nature that truly does seek out and thrive in genuine companionship.
I hope you enjoy 🌹🫶🏽
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