It's a Wonderful Place

I just got back from seeing "It's a Wonderful Place". It's a real work of art. I cried. It moved me. I consider that art, becausr it moved me. That's the difference between art and decoration/entertainment. Whether it moves you or not. You could go to a museum and see a picture of an African slave girl being sold from her mother. It would move you. That arm reaching out to her mother; if only their hands could meet for one final time, everything would be better. The look of anguish on the yougn girl's face that is echoed on her mother's face tenfold. Those cold, masochist white men who have the temerity to think that they are allowed to separate these two. Sure, it's not plesant to look at, but it moves you. Empathy. You suffer with them. You cry with them. You cherish your loved ones even more because of it.

Or you could go to the movies and see a comical love story about a UPS delivery man and the CEO of a frozen food company. It probably won't move you. Heck, it probably doesn't even have a theme. But it's entertaining.

Are people not looking to improve themselves? Would they rather buy a photograph of a tree in autumn because the colors go nicely with the furniture, or would they rather buy a drawing of a plant with one bud and one wilted flower because it reminds them to look ahead and keep going even after something bad happens? Would they rather buy a photograph of a tree in autumn because it invigorates them to get outside and appreciate nature, or would they rather buy a drawing of a plant with one bud and one wilted flower because it's a good drawing?

I'm in a very cynical mood right now. The movie has moved me to think of the wrost in people. I'm not blaming it, it's a nice change to see both sides of everything.

I wouldn't go to that museum because I couldn't handle the emotional onsluaght just now. I love being overanalytical and metaphorical, but today was a lot. I need to numb myself. I need to be a conformist and see the movie instead. Be like Mark. He survives, but he doesn't live. ttyl