I overheard someone talk about her realization that she was living someone else's life. She talked of getting married early ("you were married?") and building an image of what she thought others wanted to see ("you know?"). She divorced, went to art school and learned to do and say what she really feels ("that sounds great"). I didn't turn around to see how old she was. The sound of her voice was mid-thirties. I had the urge to ask her how she knows she's not still living up to an image. There are so few genuine people. I could still hear fear in her voice.
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I've been noticing a lot of media (media in the sense of movies and TV shows) recently focusing on the question "what makes us happy? Who is me?". In particular "Mad Men" and "There Will be Blood" come to mind. I don't know if this is an emergent trend, or if it was always there and I just started noticing it.
ReplyDeleteI think it's a trend. But I'm from the same generation as you so maybe we're just noticing the question at the same time and it's not a trend.
ReplyDeleteThe older I get the greyer things seem. There doesn't seem to be a preferred route so there are more decisions to be made. More decisions mean the need for either a basis from which to act or, a fearless gut instinct.