Words

Craziness—foolishness in some while brilliance in others.  Some outlets are good, some not so good.  Take Alfred Hitchcock for example.  Total wackadoo, total creative genius.  But then again, take Charles Manson.  Total maniac.  Period.  Though of course, there might be something to be said for the fact that he was a master manipulator who used religion to get people to follow him.  I guess my point is that the term “crazy” can have so many different applications.  You can use it as an insult, in jest—it can even be a term of endearment.  The only real thing that separates the various meanings is context or intonation.  Wouldn’t it make more sense to have a different word for each meaning.  Why didn’t the people who came up with language think of that?  And for that matter, who even came up with the idea of language?  Who decided what words meant what?  And how did they get their ideas around?  Especially if no one spoke.  Oy vay.  Personally, I think that everyone has a little crazy in them, as the thought process of this post so vividly displays.  Some people are just better at expressing their own madness.