DAY 5 Vince Response

I like to fancy myself as a pretty creative guy. I've never been terribly athletic, so I usually spent my time reading or watching movies while my friends were at soccer practice. In my book, "Take the Cannoli", Sarah Vowell grows up in a household full of philistines and republicans, while she is more interested in Allen Ginsberg or playing the recorder. She also yearns for a life without the constant threat of an Antichrist taking of the world. Her parents scared the hell out of her every day through extreme christian beliefs. Growing up in the Reagan era, she was also fearful of the constant threat of nuclear winter, so scared that she even joined an anti-nuclear club at her high school. Growing up, Sarah couldn't understand why everyone wasn't as creative as she was. She was just as fanatical about art and creativity as her parents and peers were about christianity. Being a teenager myself, I know the feeling of being lost and constantly indecisive about existentialism and values. "Is there a God?". "Who am I?". Why the hell should I go to church?". Being creative as a teen means taking risks. Risks in your social life and family life. Sometimes, people can be ignorant. It's understandable. Of course your jock friend isn't going to want to go to an art museum or an independent cinema theater if tickets to a baseball or basketball game are available. But as we mature and grow older, it is much easier to understand ourselves, but more importantly, other people.