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Aug 17, 2003 19:00

Romance isn't dead afterall.I'm surprised to find that it is still in the backs of our minds and the bottom of our hearts.It's hidden somewhere between the lines--when we forget ourselves.Perhaps it keeps us alive and drives us though most of the time we don't realize it ( Read more... )

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buddhabear August 18 2003, 09:07:11 UTC

So I take it you would give Open Range a thumbs up? I loved Dances with Wolves.

The last time I cried to a movie was About Schmidt. I don't know if you've seen it yet so I won't spoil the ending. I felt such a release though, and felt alive after that.

I think one of the reasons people are closed up is due to the fact of our conditioning in this country. "Just go buy something, you'll feel better". After 9/11 happened President Bush said to go out and shop. What a great way to cover emotions and feelings up. Professor Noam Chomsky has given wonderful lectures on this conditioning.

At any rate, IMO I feel that we have stopped looking at the bigger picture, each other, and have replaced it with "stuff" that we won't be able to take with us when we go to the next life.

Relationships are the true gold, and everlasting. I feel in my heart we all want the same thing, love.

Funny you should mention Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet, I have it on audio. After reading that excerpt I wanna hear more.

langsam August 18 2003, 13:45:49 UTC

It's funny because Open Range is not the usual type of movie that I like..but it was a surprise.It's slow and steady like Dances With Wolves and has beautiful landscapes in it too.

Yes--I think we do use our consumer mentality as a bandaid.In the case of 9/11, our compulsion to shop did serve it's purpose though...we need to strengthen our economy as much as we can.But I know what you mean--material things are only temporary and they really have no true involvement with the stuff of the soul.We do need to learn to lean on eachother and look for solutions in community rather than economic well-being.The "little man"is quickly dying in the business world and is being replaced by faceless entities called corporations.We need to support our local family owned businesses as much as we can and try to get to know our neighbors.

I love The Prophet.It is one of my very favorite writings of all time along with the poems of Rumi and Thomas Moore.He had such an eloquent way of putting things straight.