John Paul Sartresays, "everything
has been figured out,except how to live."
So perhaps the betterquestion is not
what are we to dowith death, but what
Life exists in individualmoments, and it is up to us
to make sure thatthose moments are
vast, interconnected and grand.
To make a masterpieceout of life.
One that we would willinglylive again and again
This is what wecould strive for.
This idea ofaestheticing our lives,
of italicizing ourexperience, of turning
Of seeing the universalin the specific.
Sort of aligning ourselves withthe archetype of the hero's
Of trying to see adeparture from the ordinary
A chance to learn something new.
A chance to leverageobstacles and learn from them,
and meet people along the waythat can teach us something.
It's what the movieEat, Pray, Love
If you believe, andyou're willing to step out
of your comfortzone, life will begin
at the edge ofyour comfort zone.
If you're able to treat whatseems like despair, what
seems like hardshipas an opportunity
to reinvent yourself and totranscend your own limitations,
as David Johnson says, "theworld is full of clues,
and you can readyour way though it."
If you're able to turn yourlife into an art piece,
if you're able to turn yournarrative into THE narrative,
You become the godof your own life.
It's the archetypein every film.
It is the Joseph Campbell hero'sjourney, and that's just rad.