Contemporary individuals are often burdened by guilt and moral anxiety. Given the prevailing emphasis on visual experience, it is understandable that individuals such as the young man might seek intimacy through visual representations.
What the young man seeks goes back thousands of years, to when our species lived in nature in hunter-gatherer groups. When social and structural reciprocity were the rule, in an attempt to recapture what we’ve lost and to correct a situation that demands we stay lost. Human beings are meant to be nurtured through touch. There's a circuit in our brain dedicated to sensual delight that accentuates the sheer pleasure of living.
The Colorful Prince follows the adage of William Blake: the fool who persists in their folly will become wise. Although internally divided by their actions, they must cling to them, since being faithful to the will of one’s being is the strongest and healthiest behavior.
The Colorful Prince also recognizes the “foolishness” of voluntary kinship as a family structure that nurtures through physical touch. One that expands the definition of family because touch is essential to human evolution.
However, continued engagement in low-touch relationships and sterile environments that restrict human experience may lead to adaptation without genuine flourishing. Furthermore, individuals who have engaged in and enjoyed violence may find it difficult to achieve inner reconciliation.
