tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7571896141890165451.post8364042990663226940..comments2023-11-05T03:19:40.903-05:00Comments on Life, unassuming & complicated: left behindTrianahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04693890534669288118noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7571896141890165451.post-57394236015004678132009-01-26T07:36:00.000-05:002009-01-26T07:36:00.000-05:00Beautifully written - especially the final lines.I...Beautifully written - especially the final lines.<BR/><BR/><BR/>It isn't really a consolation, but know at least that there is one person on the opposite side of the planet who identifies with exactly what you're saying.<BR/><BR/>Perhaps this is where films/books and real mundane life most deviate: those longed for moments of authentic real communication, those heart rending, tentative steps towards an understanding... so rarely happen in real life. <BR/><BR/>And in the end, perhaps people simply give up, become pragmatic and sensible, and just end up being with someone with whom it merely works, almost as an act of resignation.<BR/><BR/>Yet I don't believe the authenticity is some completely romantic notion: it does and can exist, else it would not form the inspiration for all such works of art. <BR/><BR/>It is just such a rarity, so whatever you do, cherish it when and if it does ever arrive...<BR/><BR/>In the meantime, we have just a small vestige of hope to keep us going.Aren O. Týrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06075794316705766165noreply@blogger.com