SOS Message in a Bottle
Tell Me Why
10-3-13

I've just watched the film classic Easy Rider with the actors Peter Fonda and Jack Nicholson. I see something new every time I watch the film. Last week I watched The Crying Game with Forest Whitaker. Weekends while others watch football on TV, I might check out a film when I believe it worth watching. Crying Game also is a classic film. I got a huge surprise when one of the actors who was in the film revealed to a lover that (s/he) was a transsexual after undressing. The film is 30 years old and this was my 1st time watching it. I can remember hearing hush hush talk and gossip about the film but nothing specific. Both films are timeless works of art. LGBT people have made great progress being accepted and freedom from fear of violence, prejudice, bias and oppression.

Over time watching classic films allows me to evaluate my insight i.e. my ability to tell the true value of a situation. A film class I took in college, History + Appreciation of Film, I learned films viewed for entertainment function like body girdles by causing cosmetic changes to the viewer's imagination as body girdles make the body conform and appear different to fit a status quo stereotype of a desired or attractive figure. Films influence my imagination with the results that my imagination becomes artificial and synthetic; an imitation of an imagination. My uniqueness as an individual became harnessed and I was prepared to become one of the collective herd. I'm certain this is the explanation for the chronic migraines I suffer from. My imagination and creativity are smothered. Also possible is the likelihood that I'm living a in a cycle and unable to reach my potential to be free with a unharnessed imagination that is fresh and original.

Sesame Street is welcome and accepted as the U.S. flag. The show is a primer for children + primes their imagination and in doing so their aspirations are influenced. John Lennon's song Imagine is a great example of a musical timeless work of art. His lyrics speak to our imagination struggling for fresh air and attempting to be free from self imposed restraint.

May mercy be available for those who don't fit because of mental disability or remaining to be true to the individual they were born as with an imagination influenced and nourished by nature.

Meditation and soul searching have resulted in significant insight into my being. What I discovered may be the tip of the iceberg but the more I learn about myself helps me to rehabilitate.

We see the importance of the aforementioned because our imagination is our image making and image perceiving faculty and relies on our intuitive acceptance of truth rather than on logical proof. Intuitive acceptance and recognition of truth is in tandem with abandoning all assumptions.

If what I share resonates with any blog readers, contact me snail mail at Paul Mitchell, 1600 California Drive, Vacaville, Calif. 959696.

Won't anyone, tell me why.

P. Mitchell