I think it's a beautiful thing, after so much random sadness and pain, to finally be in a place where my most potent emotional reactions come from books and movies. It's so nice to finally be able to cry about someone else's problems.
(by the way, watch Antwone Fisher)
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10:31:22 PM
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And that is the saddest thing of all.
When fabricated situations draw more vivid reactions than actual ones...the world is backwards.
I disagree. Many people often have to look at the real world in an emotion-less way in order to stay sane, while in a work of fiction they can become emotionally invested because they know that the author (if s/he is a good writer) won't let them down in the end. It's a form of catharsis.
I've reached this point.
I realized last night that I couldn't remember the last time I cried before seeing an amazing movie yesterday. I can't remember the last time that I cried because of problems in my own life.
This is a good place.
Probably an upswing - considering the fact that it was less than a year ago that I hit my Crying High. Ten times in one day. It was not monthtime. Ten good cries and a few good cuts...
I love life the way it is now.
Modern industrial society has relieved us of all the regular hardships of thousands of years ago. No constant warfare, no toiling in the fields and forests for food. Instead of having twelve kids in the hopes of ending up with a few healthy ones (while burying the majortiy from pestilence and disease), we simply have three kids, no muss, pain killers and prozac all the way.
Even though the pain and hardship are gone for the most part we still crave those harsh emotions and turn to mass media for our vicarious fix.
Whether this is something beautiful or sinister remains to be judged.
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