hmm, this is one of those things i just can't shake from my mind. i watched the most fascinating documentary this weekend, the Grizzly Man. who would've thought... super fascinating. this everyday psycho, nature/film-guy from Florida, Timothy Treadwell, documents his experiences living in the wild "protecting" grizzly bears in Alaska. super fascinating look into this guy's world. he kept talking about the "human world" as being this far away, distant place... i was super captivated by a lot of the footage... but the truth is i often forgot what his overall point or message was, and simply lost myself in his psychological idiosyncrasies in conjunction with the breath-taking Alaskan landscape. the contrast of this man's unhealthy coping mechanisms in the distant human world with the beautiful, pristine nature surrounding him created an unintended brilliance about the film.
my initial reaction was, "man, this guy is crazy." this dude escaped from the human world to the grizzly world, which is pretty extreme, dangerous, etc... but really we all have these places where we retreat to for various reasons. we have the political world, the entertainment world, the academic world, the work world... but what about the human world? sure, it can be painful, it can be disappointing, but it is also beautiful and rich and it is also real... so, yeah, watch this movie, vote in the next election, do your homework, go to work, make that film, paint that picture, but don't erase the people, don't forget the human world.
yeah... i think more people should make documentaries.
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You sound just like my daughter (but as you're in Colorado and called Molly not Jacqui you can't be)
Lovely blog and if there was a country called Molly I suspect it would be a great place to be....
enjoyed the read...cheers
i love humanity with all of its messiness and my heart breaks for humanity simeltaneously
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