Naïveté
1.having or showing unaffected simplicity of nature or absence of artificiality; unsophisticated; ingenuous.
2.having or showing a lack of experience, judgment, or information; credulous
3.having or marked by a simple, unaffectedly direct style reflecting little or no formal training or technique
The third definition of the term is simply boiled down to inexperience. My first day using a shovel when I was landscaping I was very naïve. But that isn't how the word is normally used in our culture.
The second seems to be the same sort of definition this one seeming like an academic perspective. Being unfamiliar with an industries specific terms or the normal process of things. Like when I attempt to write a paper in APA format for grad school I am very naïve to the expectations. But again that isn't how the word is normally used.
It is the first definition that comes to mind when I think about the term naïve, and it is the first definition that I like. To be naïve with that definition is not an insult. It is not a bad thing. Simplicity, absence of artificiality, or rather genuine. unsophisticated but what is sophistication but a falsehood created by cultures and ingenuous or trusting as if to say it is a flaw to trust people.
Naïveté in my opinion isn't the flaw of the naïve.
It is contrast, the exposure, the uncovering of a corrupt or unjust system.
God knows that I've been naïve
but i think it makes him proud of me.
It is not the so called "naïve" who are wrong. It is those who scoff or brand other with the label who are wrong.
The naïve say we have enough food in America why are hungry people in the world?
And the "educated" scoffs and laughs.
But In the USA, 30-40% of the food supply is wasted, equaling more than 20 pounds of food per person per month.
The naïve say "Dad, if that man had a less nice car, that man there could have a meal."
And the cynics are disgusted at this over simplistic view of our broken systems of income inequality.
But Hannah Salwen's family sold their house and bought one half the size then gave half of the sale price to a worthy charity.
It is not so called "naïveté" that is the problem in our planet. It is the critics and the experts who toss the term down from their self proclaimed positions of power.
I believe the "naïve" see the world exactly as it should be. It isn't until the Principalities and The Rulers and The Powers of this world add their red tape and bureaucracy that the term naïve can even exist at all.
It is not the fault of the rape victim it is the rapist who is at fault.
It is not the fault of the homeowner it is the corrupt banker who is at fault.
Naïveté stands out like the stars in the night sky. There are two views we can have when looking up at night. We can either say what beauty those pin holes give this endless darkness each night, or we can scoff and say those stars are pointless they will never provide enough light to have any sort of impact on our nights. It would be better if the sky was completely dark and empty at least then there would be some uniformity to the sky.
Without the cold empty darkness of space there would be nothing to contrast against for the stars to show. Without the cold hearted bitter cynics in the world there would be no word for naïveté.
If the definition of naïveté is to be,
trusting
innocent
simple
unsophisticated
absence of artificiality
and ingenuous
Then to be naïve is to be fully human to be fully your most honest self to be a loving and genuine friend.
Maybe the title of naïveté is one of the highest compliments a human can receive from a sophisticated, artificial, "educated" cynic.
Sleeping At Last - Naïve
1.having or showing unaffected simplicity of nature or absence of artificiality; unsophisticated; ingenuous.
2.having or showing a lack of experience, judgment, or information; credulous
3.having or marked by a simple, unaffectedly direct style reflecting little or no formal training or technique
The third definition of the term is simply boiled down to inexperience. My first day using a shovel when I was landscaping I was very naïve. But that isn't how the word is normally used in our culture.
The second seems to be the same sort of definition this one seeming like an academic perspective. Being unfamiliar with an industries specific terms or the normal process of things. Like when I attempt to write a paper in APA format for grad school I am very naïve to the expectations. But again that isn't how the word is normally used.
It is the first definition that comes to mind when I think about the term naïve, and it is the first definition that I like. To be naïve with that definition is not an insult. It is not a bad thing. Simplicity, absence of artificiality, or rather genuine. unsophisticated but what is sophistication but a falsehood created by cultures and ingenuous or trusting as if to say it is a flaw to trust people.
Naïveté in my opinion isn't the flaw of the naïve.
It is contrast, the exposure, the uncovering of a corrupt or unjust system.
God knows that I've been naïve
but i think it makes him proud of me.
It is not the so called "naïve" who are wrong. It is those who scoff or brand other with the label who are wrong.
The naïve say we have enough food in America why are hungry people in the world?
And the "educated" scoffs and laughs.
But In the USA, 30-40% of the food supply is wasted, equaling more than 20 pounds of food per person per month.
The naïve say "Dad, if that man had a less nice car, that man there could have a meal."
And the cynics are disgusted at this over simplistic view of our broken systems of income inequality.
But Hannah Salwen's family sold their house and bought one half the size then gave half of the sale price to a worthy charity.
It is not so called "naïveté" that is the problem in our planet. It is the critics and the experts who toss the term down from their self proclaimed positions of power.
I believe the "naïve" see the world exactly as it should be. It isn't until the Principalities and The Rulers and The Powers of this world add their red tape and bureaucracy that the term naïve can even exist at all.
It is not the fault of the rape victim it is the rapist who is at fault.
It is not the fault of the homeowner it is the corrupt banker who is at fault.
Naïveté stands out like the stars in the night sky. There are two views we can have when looking up at night. We can either say what beauty those pin holes give this endless darkness each night, or we can scoff and say those stars are pointless they will never provide enough light to have any sort of impact on our nights. It would be better if the sky was completely dark and empty at least then there would be some uniformity to the sky.
Without the cold empty darkness of space there would be nothing to contrast against for the stars to show. Without the cold hearted bitter cynics in the world there would be no word for naïveté.
If the definition of naïveté is to be,
trusting
innocent
simple
unsophisticated
absence of artificiality
and ingenuous
Then to be naïve is to be fully human to be fully your most honest self to be a loving and genuine friend.
Maybe the title of naïveté is one of the highest compliments a human can receive from a sophisticated, artificial, "educated" cynic.
Sleeping At Last - Naïve