Thursday, June 25, 2009

Life is A Movie

[The last time I tried to do this I fell very short of my abilities. SO... here's attempt number 2.
(This literally just came to me)]

... or at least it is in my eyes!
As a writer, I thrive on the daily happenings of my life to sustain my desire to produce words on paper that are somewhat stimulating, entertaining and of course thought provoking. Although I'm itching to write a good poem.... that will simply have to wait.
While talking to a good friend of mine who stole my Love Jones DvD for like 2 years, he misunderstood my answer to the question of why I looked so down yesterday when he saw me in passing on my way to the office and sparked my current train of thought.
To eliminate the insignificant details I'll continue by telling you that he made the implication that I thought I was in a movie, specifically the movie Hitch.
As I've grown and matured, I find myself in need of interesting experiences to make for a more interesting read. Sometimes, that means embracing the unwanted drama and letting my mind run free with the ridiculousness of it all.
Granted, a lot of the drama that I witness simply comes to me, I've lived through many movie-like situations and I'd be selfish not to share them with you if not for mere entertainment at the expense of my personal feelings.
Part of me believes, why is it so hard to believe that some movie-situations are real life just dramatized? Sure the fairy-tale ending is almost never the case but who's to say that it's impossible?
And certainly, the characters created are simply that... characters, but what if those characters are written to do things that we' find interesting and always wanted to do but didn't want to be judged for it?
I think the things I've seen on t.v. ie. speed dating even though I'm young as hell and there's no real need, or going to a movie by myself and being absolutely comfortable doing so, or sitting in a cafe people watching and writing are normal for someone somewhere, be it on t.v. or in the wonderfully diverse streets of New York City.
Would I say it's unrealistic or naive of me to believe that my life is like a movie? Absolutely not as I think the person I am today is someone whom people enjoy being in the company of and appreciate for my optimistic and different perception on life.
So yes, tonight I will continue directing the movie that is my life and who knows, that may be exactly the recipe for getting over this writer's block completely. Maybe it's the missing ingredient to the lacking "movie moments" I used to frequently experience that enabled me to share creative thoughts and words with you be it in the form of poetry or simply randomness of a blog.
Stay tuned...

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