paintingsilike - I disagree… I don’t know if you’ve ever seen A Single Man, but I don’t think you can properly interpret that quote completely without knowing what the movie is about. The person who says that quote is quite depressed, and the moments he’s talking about are moments where he actually feels happy despite of everything, where he can let go, be in the present, and feel a joy for life. I knew exactly the feeling he was talking about right as I heard the quote… I had actually tried to describe it before but didn’t as well as he did. I have anxiety and it bothers me quite a bit sometimes, but when you feel this feeling that he describes, none of it matters. It has nothing to do with originality. I can see how you could think that, but in context it doesn’t mean that at all, especially because of the last line of the quote: “They pull be back to the present, and I realize that everything is exactly the way it was meant to be.”

1st June 2011

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emilyhalina asked: I disagree... I don't know if you've ever seen A Single Man, but I don't think you can properly interpret that quote completely without knowing what the movie is about. The person who says that quote is quite depressed, and the moments he's talking about are moments where he actually feels happy despite of everything, where he can let go, be in the present, and feel a joy for life.
I knew exactly the feeling he was talking about right as I heard the quote... I had actually tried to describe it before but didn't as well as he did. I have anxiety and it bothers me quite a bit sometimes, but when you feel this feeling that he describes, none of it matters. It has nothing to do with originality. I can see how you could think that, but in context it doesn't mean that at all, especially because of the last line of the quote: "They pull be back to the present, and I realize that everything is exactly the way it was meant to be."

We completely defer to your experience in this matter…original thinking is very rare…most of our thoughts are controlled by socialization and neurosis…possibly 85-95% or more…so when we can break through all this preconditioning (and it is hard) such feelings experienced by “A Single Man” (and no, we have not had the pleasure of experiencing…) are very similar to those when original thought is achieved…this, we have experienced. Your insights are very important in helping us understand the travials of anxiety.