Losing And Getting
The hair is growing and it's all coming back. I could already have it stand up menacingly at the end and go pointing in all directions. As spontaneous as the personality of its owner. All exciting in its phases. The anime in me returns (grooooowwwwllll!).
Of the Animax clutter, one of the first that struck me is Get Backers. Of the 8 issues of its manga version that I own, I find this particular line said by Paul-the-bartender-stroke-owner thought provoking and wow-inspiring:
"...Always remember...money, status, cars, jewelry, lovers...anything worth having is worth someone else stealing. It's how it is,and how it'll always be.
If someone takes something important from you, then be sure to take it back. But don't look for happiness in material goods. 'Cause the thing that bonds us with one another...is the fact that we've all lost things we'll never recover.
That's...what makes us human."
posted by Fritz @ 9:07 PM
:
If someone takes something important from you, then be sure to take it back.
Paano kung wala ng halaga ang mga ito sa 'yo?
Reading and watching the series puts this thought in a different context as the stuff which got stolen are masterful crafts and ideas or something invaluable and rare and irreplacable. Lovers are not actually covered but is still worth mentioning.
It's the notion that something really belongs to you and it being stolen and the correlation and repercussion it has with your life in the long haul which makes people want to simply rightfully claim what's really theirs.
Based on Dream Country by Neil Gaiman (alam ko, eto nanaman, pero napapanahon ito pramis), sabi nya sa isang issue ng Sandman:
"But he did not understand the price. Mortals never do. They only see the prize.Their heart's desire,their dream... But the price of getting what you want is getting what you once wanted."
Relating to the argument at hand, getting back what once belonged to you may not satisfy your need for that thing as its value may have diminished (to you personally). But the fact that you got it back serves a different purpose. A deeper one. I call it nostalgia. Some revenge. Others vengeance.
Post a Comment
<< Home