Some many months ago I caught a stray few minutes of Smallville and one of the songs playing at that moment was "You're Beautiful" by James Blunt (Back to Bedlam). One of the reasons it struck my fancy was its theme of alternate realities: the what-if scenario building we do to somehow escape into some other life where the grass is greener, the love is sweeter, and all is idyll and fulfillment. The song gives me the same kind of reaction that the Nicolas Cage movie "Family Man" gave me. Without getting into it too far, I think this taps into a universal human longing for peace, for hope, for rest that goes soulishly deep. If you listen to the song, you'll hear the protagonist "wake" from his dream and embrace the reality of life in this world and the inevitable feeling of loss when the dream dissipates to reveal the seeming mundane.
Then I got this email from my comrade in cubicle craziness. And what a hoot to me, since it tells
the story of how I feel. Thanks for the laughs and fun, Renee! [If any one from work is reading this and listens to the song, a few caveats: 1) the song is tongue-in-cheek; I'm not surfing the internet all day 2) the last line is never true of me.]Click the pic --------------------->
1 comment:
Your little space sounds cozy. And as for the last line - "...as a man thinketh in his heart, so is he..." So I think that maybe "never" is a bit of a strong word. Love ya, Lori
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