Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

Just this past week, I watched the movie "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind". It was really late at night and I had nothing else to do, and so I went out on a whim and ended up staying up for most of the night because of the movie. This was a movie where I didn't look at my phone once because it was so engaging; it was slightly humorous, emotionally perplexing, and extremely thought-provoking. The main question I came up with after the end of the movie was if I would ever have someone's being literally erased from my mind so that I would have no memories of them ever again.

Just like everyone else, I've been through a lot, and to think of erasing certain people from my life would seem logical, right? After a long while of thinking, I decided that no one should ever erase anyone from their life because memories should be learned from and cherished, because you only have ONE past and ONE future. There are obviously some embarrassing, upsetting, or even emotionally hurting memories, but those should never be erased because there is something to be learned of them.

There were a lot of twist and turns in the movie involving emotional conflict, but I feel that the main theme that the movie tries to portray is that it is just better to go on with your life living and accepting your past. You can only get better, you know?  Since I am wanting to pursue psychology in my future studies, I found that this movie was really important for me to see, and I'm happy that I randomly decided to plop down on the couch and spend the night watching the movie. I see that it's important, in psychology, if I happen to be a therapist, to make sure that the patient forgives but does not forget. Forgiving is one thing, but forgetting is another...

I would somehow like to connect this to Frankenstein but I honestly can't. Either way, the movie was quite enjoyable and I see myself watching it many more times with the convenience of Netflix...

If you haven't seen the movie, here's the IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0338013/

Monster In Me

I've been contemplating, lately, about what it would be like to hold such a burden of having created a monster. My past post about Frankenstein was about my views toward how Victor is essentially a parent who has abandoned his kid. I've been pondering over what it would be like to even create such a creature that scares humans away. I've come to a point where I can understand that Victor was horrified and why he can't fully accept such blame for the death of two people. It's hard to carry a burden that you never even expected to have ever carried, and inVictor's case, he never realized that his creature could be a monster and that his monster is responsible for the murder of a child and an indirect murder of a young lady, both in relativity to Victor. Before Victor left for college, he was the hope and pride of the family, and he psychologically doesn't want to let go of that view that his family has of him. I think that if he were to confess the truth about the monster that his family would shun him and that he would regret having ever told his family of his creation.

I then try and imagine the monster's view of everything. (I have not read chapters 11 and 12 yet). I see the monster as a creature who knows his presence horrifies people. But not only does it horrify people, it horrifies his own creator. After some mental damage, there is a place that a mind can be satisfied with knowing that the monster will never be immersed in real life.So knowing this, the monster acts as an animal surviving in his surrounding. After all, we are all mammals and programmed genetically to have the will to survive.

I think I now see both points of view of both Victor and his monster, and I can't sympathize with eier because both of them turned out for the worse.

Presidential Debate Poem

"Another clear difference between the two of you"
Sweat dripping down their faces
Could be so wrong in so many ways
When can America, again, be tried and true?

"I had five seconds before you interrupted me"
Exclaimed Obama urgingly
Intensity is clear in this debate
Just an example of the land of the free

Take the time to clear your mind
And open up just a 'lil bit
To the policies and thoughts of Obama and Romney
These two are one of a kind


PS: Be understanding that it's hard to write a poem on the presidential debate! I thought it would make an interesting post though.