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  • http://www.manton.karoo.net/ 3tesla

    “You do not have to be good.”

    A bold openeing statement … So is it OK to be ‘bad’ – presumably ‘evil’ – then?

    “The wild geese … are heading home again.”

    Or is all that is required of us a desire to return “home again” (whatever, or wherever, that ‘home’ is), to rejoin “the family of things” (whatever, or wherever, that ‘family’ is)?

    • Anonymous

      3tesla, does “You do not have to be…” = “It’s okay to be [assumed opposing force]“? Doesn’t seem equivalent to me. It just seems to imply that being either is simply a choice.

      • http://www.manton.karoo.net/ 3tesla

        I was not implying any equivalence, but negating any need to be ‘good’ introduces permission to be the opposite. In reality, as humans, we probably manage to be both ‘good’ and its opposite several times during each day. I believe that we have a moral imperative to strive for goodness in all things, but that we will all fail frequently, and sometimes deeply, in this. The key, then, is probably to remain willing to forgive each other as and when the need arises. That is probably the highest, and most gracious, good that can be achieved. So in summary: I agree that one does not have to be good, but that one should, at least, try!

  • Beate

    Hey, Mary, this sounds like music in my ears – but who are you to tell us how to be and what to do?
    Nature is a wild place, neither good nor bad, just instincts rewarding us with feeling happy if we follow them,
    like society has its rewards if we follow its rules. Nature is wise and nature is cruel, nature is full of promise and now,
    never planning for tomorrow, always casting dice about who is to live and who is to die.
    True, acting out of love and in accordance with our heart feels more rewarding than acting out of a sense of duty
    - but consider reason before you follow the temptation of a siren’s song, happy today, crushed tomorrow.

  • Joehollabaugh

    Beautiful word Allison. Also great website what did you create this on?

    Also
    Saturday, December 3, 2011
    The Hollywood Theater Dormont Pennsylvania
    Time7:00pm until 10:00pm
    Description
    Join us for A Night of Altered Reality, a screening of short films that intersect at the corner of Surreal Street and Dream Drive.

    Four locally made short films – Ghost Searchers, Mercury In Tuna, Lightweight, and The Light in the Shadows – will screen together at the Hollywood Theater. Admission is $5 (students $3) and proceeds will benefit the Women in Film and Media Pittsburgh Chapter Scholarship Fund. Cast and crew of all films will be admitted at no charge.

    http://www.youtube.com/user/TheJoehollabaugh#p/a/u/0/0zWOJzvzZ90

  • Lucasmelges

    Wake Up
    Somethin’ filled up
    my heart with nothin’,
    someone told me not to cry.

    But now that I’m older,
    my heart’s colder,
    and I can see that it’s a lie.

    Children wake up,
    hold your mistake up,
    before they turn the summer into dust.

    If the children don’t grow up,
    our bodies get bigger but our hearts get torn up.
    We’re just a million little god’s causin rain storms turnin’ every good thing to rust.

    I guess we’ll just have to adjust.

    With my lighnin’ bolts a glowin’
    I can see where I am goin’ to be
    when the reaper he reaches and touches my hand.

    With my lighnin’ bolts a glowin’
    I can see where I am goin’
    With my lighnin’ bolts a glowin’
    I can see where I am go-goin’

    You better look out below!

    Acorde
    Algo encheu
    Meu coração com nada
    Alguém me avisou pra não chorar

    Mas agora que estou mais velho
    Meu coração está mais frio
    E eu vejo que isso é uma mentira

    Crianças acordem
    Segurem seus erros
    Antes que eles tornem o verão em pó

    Se as crianças não crescerem
    Nossos corpos crescem mas nossos corações se perdem
    Nós somos só um milhão de pequenos deuses causando tempestades e enferrujando cada coisa boa

    Eu acho que só teremos que ajustar

    Com meus disparos de brilhos
    Eu posso ver aonde estou indo
    Quando o ceifeiro, ele alcança e toca minha mão.

    Com meus disparos de brilhos
    Eu posso ver aonde estou indo
    Com meus disparos de brilhos
    Eu posso ver onde estou indo

    É melhor você olhar pra baixo!

    • Beate

      Did you write this, or was it written by somebody else?
      It is sad, but there is at least some truth in it.

  • Lucasmelges

    Hello, I’m very creative, I’ve written many songs and movies, but unfortunately this was not me who did … This is a beautiful song that I submit to you all the excellent band, Tha Arcade Fire – Wake up. Big hug to you all ..

    Olá, sou muito criativo, já escrevi muitas canções e filmes, mas infelizmente esta não foi eu quem fez… Esta é uma bela música que indico a todos vocês da excelente banda, Tha Arcade Fire – Wake up. Grandes abraço a todos vocês..