Monday, October 26, 2009

I <3 Exstestential Thinking

This unit has been a pretty complex one and far more intriguing then I would have originally thought exstestentialism to be.

Its true, as Banach so nicely said, that everyone sees the world differently from one another and therefore we may all be along in our individual thoughts and different opinions. It seemed to me thoughout a lot of Banach's lecture that many of the things humans strive to accomplish were worthless since no one ever fully understands one or another or where we came from or where we're going.

But it was thanks to the I <3 Huckabies film that help me to realize that nothing is black and white, but a mixture or cynicism and optimism according to how you choose it to be.
It was Alberts concluding statement at the end of the movie that one exstestential view was too light and seemed to avoid the crulty and bad in the world, while the other was too dark and say things in too much of a negative light.
Its was interesting how as the movie progressed, one of the major arguments was how connected we are to one another in various ways. But mainly how man is able to relate to another in a time of desperation and sadness, probable because that is when man is most vulnerable.

TO BE CONTINUED...

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