Tangible and non tangible presents, does one carry more weight than the other? Does the longer the present survive, a mark of how affectionate you are to your loved ones?
Common sentiments such as, “Flowers just don’t make sense, in terms of monetary value, they are useless”; are well communicated and in the capitalistic world, very relevant. Well — I am not that daft. I agree. However, does that mean, The more tangible value comprehended on a present the more assurance is associated with the act of giving?
If so, then Why? The struggle I picked today allows me to present a different narrative. Not one that you haven’t heard of, of-course. But maybe one that you haven’t connected to make tangible sense.
Why do movements such as black lives matter, feminism and LGBTQ seem very tangible yet most often proved theoretically? Because they form identities that ultimately influence ACTIONS, that their repercussions, mind you; VERY TANGIBLE and ultimately long term.
An action is an outcome, and for human beings, outcomes are a result of an emotion, feeling or information that is communicated to them and interpreted into an external physical response. Furthermore, People tend to mirror identities, identities that take form from values and sentiments that our beings accept as our own. And before I speak about one gender, I’ll generalize this topic for the benefit of the knowledge.
When emotions take a form of an outcome, whatever the outcome is, it REPRESENTS the emotion and not the value attached in the individual outcome. Yes — what I’m saying is Outcomes themselves don’t hold the love/emotion, what they do — at the very most — is represent the emotion/love.
Now back to flowers, the identity they hold is non-tangible, very sentimental and if you can skip the whole thing? Then, do it. Why? because whether you take care of them or not? They must whither down. Now why attach any sentimental value into a natural plant? What happens to the love I felt while giving or receiving the flowers?
Buying flowers falls under the same category, they fall under a, “I thought about you, and I decided to make a statement/gesture of representation of that emotion”. The value of buying flowers is attached in the representation and I do hope that even in a capitalistic world, when someone buys something more tangible? Then that remains the same. And the value in the one receiving the flowers remains in the awareness of that representation.
When people say, faith moves mountains, or I would move mountains to be with you. And l m sure we sincerely believe that — We do not actually believe they would push a mountain, we believe in their intent or the representation of the act that they will never ever come to do.
Hence, I hope the gesture does not go unnoticed or unscathe you. Because the representation from a loved one, is far greater than the value you have so clearly failed to see in your capitalistic eyes.
BUY THOSE FLOWERS. Or whatever it is your significant other likes.
