Over at Jon Rubinstein’s wonderful blog, Adventures in Compassion in the Screen Trade, he’s got a breakthrough post up about compassion, Journey, youtube, bodhisatva’s, Thich Nhat Hanh, and Steve Perry’s epic hair.
“Dare I say that Avalokitesvara, the bodhisattva of compassion, is present in the remakes of Journey’s Separate Ways? Yes, I say, yes.
When we watch the best of these videos, we are watching someone who’s been there. I’m just sure of it. All teen angst-y, locked away in his room, looking for reruns of Night Court. And then, later on, able to look at that teen angst, that pre-Morrissey heartbreak, and maybe just chuckle a little bit.
So we can sometimes be compassionate to ourselves by stopping the mind chatter and laughing, by watching someone exaggerate behavior we, ourselves, have taken on. We’ve all been like Steve Perry, wrapped up in our… journey… (sorry). And sometimes, we need to laugh and get over our seriousness.”
Check out Adventures in Compassion! An excellent read!
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