fly north

last night i saw a moth. i saw a moth where everyone sees moths: buzzing around a light. round and round. repeatedly bumping into this bright object that it is confused by, but also attracted to. it seems to be addicted to the light. then i realized that all moths are pulled to the same thing. the same pointless thing: a light bulb.

it bummed me out. why was this moth spending its short time in life buzzing around a pointess lightbulb. it's flying so hard, fluttering around this thing that it wants so badly, but nothing is coming out of it. it is wasting its time.

so i quickly did some research.

moths thing the light is the moon. the moth is following the 'moon'. they are looking for moonlight so they can fly north.

so everything in this moth's nature is telling it to fly to the light. keep flying to the light. everything in it is telling it that it's doing exactly the right thing. but it's just the wrong light. it's doing everything that it's supposed to be doing. it's just...it's not the right light.

it's so futile. not because it's a moth. because of what it's doing with it's short life.

find your own light. look beyond the light bulbs.

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inspired by: http://www.complex.com/tv/pop-culture-videos/chicken-and-futility-a-short-film-by-childish-gambino