Sometimes you just feel lost.
And when this happens you might want something to focus on
to help with this lost feeling.
And that's what I have done.
I am focusing on Lost to help me with that lost feeling.
~~~
Lost is over now - but for me it remains the best thing that has
ever been on tv and ever will be.
It has great writers, a great director and great actors - but one of the
things that caught my attention when I first started watching Lost
is the part at the end of certain episodes when they bring it all together.
The focus would be on each character and how they are getting
along in Lost - and especially the music during the ending of the
episode.
One in particular is special to me -
when at the end of this particular episode Hurley is listening to
Willie Nelson's Are You Sure? on his CD player.
To the survivors of the plane crash - the meaning is symbolic -
and the camera focuses on each of them. in turn...
oh, look around you
look down the bar from you
the lonely faces that you see
are you sure that this is where you want to be
these are your friends
but are they real friends
do they love you the same as me
are you sure that this is where you want to be
you seem in such a hurry to live this kind of life
you've caused so many pain and misery
look around you, take a good look
and tell me what you see
are you sure that this is where you want to be
don't let my tears persuade you, i had hoped i wouldn't cry
but lately, teardrops seem a part of me
oh, look around you, take a good look
at all the local used-to-be's
are you sure - that this is where you want to be
What does this have to do with a Faith Journey?
Everything.
because when you are Lost
you find that Faith is all you have
to see you through
25 comments:
Attachment - Detachment...
Be a man... and then, re-attach. ;)
And Bloomington isn't "Conservative -based". It's an oasis of liberals surrounded by a sea of conservatism. But unlike the island of Delos, it does not float. ;)
Thersites - Give me a break here.
What the ***l are you talking about?
Do you even know?
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...of course I do. I'm not the lost one. I'm detached.
...and Bloomington is more like 'Laputa' than 'Delos'. In other words... it 'levitates' on a stone made of adamant. Such a city would certainly do th3e rhapsodic "Ion" proud. ;)
Lost is one of those shows that I wished I had started watching from the start. Now it will have to depend on Netflix if I want to catch up.
Knuckle - Thanks so much for directing me to the website -
I found it enlightening.
Please comment here often.
Cube - I can't say how much I love Lost.
This is the third time I have been watching it - and I truly believe that your scientic mind could wrap around it better than mine did.
But you see that is the allure of Lost - it's not really what it's about but rather just the pure enjoyment of it all.
Speedy - Tell me - do you really think if I started really practicing the Rach 3 after Christmas that I could do it?
I don't know. You'd have to be awfully committed to the task... but if you were, them "yes".
Speedy - In January when the snow and ice sets in I will be in virtual solitary confinement.
Chances are I will be able to find out if the commitment is there.
This may be my last chance.
but I can do it
if it is my destiny...
Speedy - As I write this I know that I will never play the Rach 3.
Because I live in the box - in my house and my mind - and tonight when I go to the opera I will be surrounded by people who live out of the box.
They realistically study and plan for what they do. They work hard to acheive their goals.
I live in a fantasy world.
After I first started 'studying'
the Rach 3 - a couple of years later - I saw what was happening.
The Rach 3 is one of the most difficult piano works ever. Yet I who am nothing boast of performing it.
I live in other fantasies too - by my choice. I know that I am doing this yet I choose this way of life.
It is all a matter of choice - isn't it Speedy.
and fantasy...
I can face the truth of it all but I cannot bring myself to give up the fantasy world in my mind.
You see - I've been out of the box and it isn't any better there.
I know what I want and I would rather have nothing than settle for less.
We all live in a box, Sue. It takes a lot of courage to will ones-self "nothingness". But I've been told by a very capable authority (Nietzcshe, "Genealogy of Morals") that mankind would rather will itself "nothingness" than to NOT will at all. Of course, once you found yourself with nothing, perhaps then you could start again and will something else. Perhaps the objet petit 'a' would "shift" a little. Perhaps the Rach 3 could be replaced by...Ravel's "Gaspard de la nuit" or Boulez's "Second Sonata"... and you might discover that you got a little more than "nothing" from the attempt.
Speedy - First of all we don't all live in a box. I really live in a box. You see I am a housewife so that my only real contact is occasionally family and three 'friends.'
This is my choice.
And I'm 66 so that as I approach my 'final curtain' :) I choose not to expand my horizons. I am quite comfortable here in the box.
I can be what I want and I can make others be want I want.
Not to mention that I'm bipolar - which doesn't help matters.
~~~
Now - here is the problem I have decided that I will have what I want or nothing.
There will be no compromise - as you suggest - learning something easier than the Rach 3.
I will fool around - boasting on my blog about it - never accomplishing it.
But the great part is I'm ready for the reality of it all.
I've already accepted that it will never happen - so there won't be any disappointment - more than I've already experienced.
~~~
No problem - I'm easy.
There will be no compromise - as you suggest - learning something easier than the Rach 3.
You believe that the works that I recommended were somewhat easier than the Rach 3?
I wasn't suggesting that you "compromise". I was merely hinting that the attempt at learning the Rach 3 might prove less than "fruitless".
-FJ - Tell me - do you know how to play the piano?
Are you familiar with the Rach 3?
And -FJ - I'm not trying to discourge your encouragement - but why are you trying to counsel me?
I've been counseled before - and it sure sounds like that.
I'm not discouraged - in fact I am willing to face the reality of life.
I'm not looking for alternatives.
If I were younger - I would say '-FJ has some good suggestions here.'
but I'm not looking for suggestions.
Hey - I'm going to the opera alone tonight - it doesn't get much better than that. :)
And - although I know the Rach 3 is too hard - I have plenty of other music that is challenging - such as Bach Beethoven Sonatas, Chopin Etudes - talk about hard.
To fill up my time...
do you know how to play the piano?
Nope. I'm a guitar man.
Are you familiar with the Rach 3?
I'm familiar with a LOT of classical music.
but why are you trying to counsel me?
I wouldn't dream of trying to "counsel" anyone.
I've been counseled before - and it sure sounds like that.
Sorry to hear that. I like to think of myself as a philosopher, not a counselor. And not a university professor of philosophy kind of philosopher, an actual philosopher, of the "gadfly" variety (as in the myth of Io). In other words, I "bite", I don't "counsel".
-FJ - I asked for a guitar for Christmas a few years back but my fingers were too short to reach the chords.
Finally the grandchildren trashed and I threw it out.
Come to think of it my fingers probably are too short of the Rach 3 - too.
Guitars come in all sizes. When I was young, I had a real little one. Perhaps you can get a "baby grand" instead of a "grand" piano. ;)
AM - You just don't get it.
When you are bipolar you want nothing but the best. I could never settle for a baby grand - it has to be the real thing.
And same with playing the Rach 3 - the thrill just isn't the same playing Fur Elise.
And that's why I have chosen to pursue Bill Maher - in my demented little mind - instead of the local hardware man. Plus Bill's not married so that makes it ok.
But read today's post on my blog.
I'm thourgh with Bill.
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