Sunday, October 30, 2005
A Prologue
Some of you may have noticed that I haven't made a new post the last few days. Everything is fine, but I have been in the process of mentally preparing a multi-part article that I hope to start publishing this coming week. It will be a kind of personal mission statement involving all of my prior learning and experiences. Since not everyone who reads these articles knows me personally I want to make sure my arguments will be clear enough to stand on their own. I can say now that a key element of these articles will be my optimistic belief in the goodness of humanity as expressed through love (of all shapes and sizes). I am looking forward to sharing my thoughts with you and I am very excited to read any comments you will have. Already I have obtained great joy through this blog so far and I am very thankful for the intellectual stimulation it has provided me. A few unexpected events this weekend have reminded me of the connections that bind all of us and how though you may at times be forgetful of your own past, it does not diminish in any way its impact on the world around you, however small that "world" community may be. It is a genuine comfort to be surrounded by so much kindness while elsewhere in the world many of our brothers and sisters are facing so much suffering. Though I do feel guilty sometimes for the luck of my relatively easy life, I believe that as long as we stay true to ourselves and each other and genuinely make what efforts we can to make a difference then we can always find something to be happy about. As a recent romantic comedy illuminated, "love actually is all around us".
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3 comments:
Outrage. no fair. Must continue....
I love the movie you refer to in the bottom of your post. I never connected the impact or the message of its title with the movie though. I just went a long with all the goey emotional feelings and didn't bother to think about it at all.
Oh, you are missing a comma. Can you figure out where? We can dress the blank spot up like Waldo and put red and white stripes there, maybe glasses too. It will be fun like a game.
I was helped in my conclusion regarding Love Actually with the special features on the DVD release of the film. There were several deleted scenes that contrasted the general whirlwind of romance in affluent London with scenes of romance and love in third world countries. The point of the director and writer being that even in the worst of conditions humans still reach out to one another with love. However well done these scenes were, and they were very well done, according to the director they made the film a bit too long, detracted from the main storylines and risked coming off as condescending. So for all these reasons they were left out of the final version. I, by the way, adore the film and think it is one of the best romantic comedies I have ever seen (I particularly enjoyed the storyline involving the writer and his Portuguese maid).
And yes, I know where the comma is missing, but for now at least I am going to keep it naked...it sounds more fun to do something creative with the space as you have so brilliantly suggested. One more thing, everything is a game and everything is not a game. Funny how both those statements can be so true at exactly the same time.
So where is the rest of the post?
I know it is primarily my fault for making you respond to my posts, instead of writing this one. But.....
You are letting your adoring fans down.
They won't be able to sleep untill you have continued.
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