Wednesday, July 18, 2007
I suppose it depends on which side of the glass you're looking from. Society sees something as crazy, illogical and doomed while the one who is living the life sees it as the only course to sanity. It's probably better to wrap your arms around something - anything, than to sail along on some pointless path described by nothing more than twitches and jerks. I think Magoo is right. Even the long life is just a blink. We might see our anniversaries as milestones, but the difference between the young and the old, when compared to eternity, doesn't amount to much. When the daring souls are on the other side all we can do is wring our hands and wonder why. . . it's hard to know a dead man's heart.
Ultimately, we all diverge - following trajectories that don't seem all that different at the start but stretched out a bit, and given enough time, we end up alone or working like slaves to hang on to the few friends we've known. I think the thing about JK's "Into the Wild" that resonates in so many of us is that we struggle to understand Chris, all the while recognizing something similar, working its way in each of us.
Ultimately, we all diverge - following trajectories that don't seem all that different at the start but stretched out a bit, and given enough time, we end up alone or working like slaves to hang on to the few friends we've known. I think the thing about JK's "Into the Wild" that resonates in so many of us is that we struggle to understand Chris, all the while recognizing something similar, working its way in each of us.
Monday, July 16, 2007
Ken Kesey said that the character of McMurphy was a simple Christ analogy. When they show Chris burning his money, I can see a connection, or at least someone trying to live according to a difficult standard. Help me out, oh Prodigy.
Looked to me like a good effort (the film) to capture the spirit of what is arguably JK's best book--but I don't know if I want to see it or not.
Looked to me like a good effort (the film) to capture the spirit of what is arguably JK's best book--but I don't know if I want to see it or not.
Sunday, July 15, 2007
Nice trailer. Maybe it will inspire others to do the same as Chris McCandless.
I just watched On Flew Over the Cukoo's Nest again last night. Chris reminds me of the character, McMurphy. Was the boy just crazy or was he just loving life? Isn't that okay, if you have no wife/husband or children? Who really gives a shit except your good friends and family if anyone disappears into the wild. Darwin, right?
I mean many of us are hell bent on disaster anyway, he just compacted time. IMO.
I'm all kinds of crazy right now. So what do I know?
I just watched On Flew Over the Cukoo's Nest again last night. Chris reminds me of the character, McMurphy. Was the boy just crazy or was he just loving life? Isn't that okay, if you have no wife/husband or children? Who really gives a shit except your good friends and family if anyone disappears into the wild. Darwin, right?
I mean many of us are hell bent on disaster anyway, he just compacted time. IMO.
I'm all kinds of crazy right now. So what do I know?
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