Wednesday, May 12, 2004
Living in a Bubble
If you’ve ever seen “Labyrinth”:http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00000K3D4/qid=1084426231/sr=8-1/ref=pd_ka_1/103-9738671-3968661?v=glance&s=dvd&n=507846 you’ll remember the part of the movie when Sarah gets trapped inside the crystal ball bubble thing with the Goblin King. It’s a masquerade ball and it’s everything Sarah thinks she’s ever wanted. There are costumes from the beautiful to the bizarre and characters from the exquisite to the grotesque. She’s in a beautiful princess-like dress with perfect ringlet curls and she glances across the room to catch a glimpse of the goblin king and he dodges behind a mask or a fan or another dancer and all along you can see the love between them but you know, you just _know_ that it’ll never really work between them.
Meanwhile, there’s this bigger purpose Sarah is neglecting (finding her brother) and she’s trapped in this other dimension under this sort of spell so she doesn’t exactly realize that she’s supposed to be doing something else somewhere else.
Well, anyhow, my rambling scenario is exactly where I am. I feel so detached and like there’s this “other purpose” I’m supposed to be following but I’m stuck in this “this is exactly what I wanted, wasn’t it?” dream that isn’t quite right but seems lovely all the same. I’m distracted and dreamy and going through the motions, but mostly I feel crowded and lost and uncertain underneath the outward facade of calm and joy.
So how does one break the bubble? How does one pull one’s head from the clouds and land feet first on the soft, green grass?
I just don’t know.
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Desiree at 05/14/04 12:13 AM
Hiya… I don’t know either - wish I had answers for you, Liberty.
***Huggs***
Ragan at 05/16/04 09:15 AM
I LOVE that movie. I know that scene well, but hadn’t thought about it in a long time. I know what you mean, but also wish I had the answer. ::hugs:: Great post.
Durango at 05/27/04 11:46 PM
Alls I can say is I know where you’re coming from, and David Bowie’s pants really scared me. REALLY scared me. Alot. I was 12. They were fearful. I’ll shut up now.
noone at 06/05/04 09:00 AM
Here’s some advice: Bend the thought to your will.
Don’t just think about breaking out, Think about
ways on how you could control it. Hell, even if you do break out, think about next how you could trap people in your own bubble like that. (Except make it to where only you could release them)
Now that’s an entertaining idea...Watching a bunch of captives shrunk down to tiny size inside a crystal spherical prison. All (or most of them anyway) banging on the glass to be let out..
D at 05/13/04 01:09 AM
I wish I could help you break out of the bubble. Unfortunately, all I can do is offer an ear if you need to talk and compliment you on the great analogy you made. Labyrinth is such a great movie, and that scene really describes to me the way you’re feeling. *hug*