Wednesday, July 23, 2008

With all the Madness in my Soul

The tension in this house is driving me mad. These people are all ridiculous and have no sense of stability or normalcy. 29 more days and then I'll be rid of it for a good 6 or 7 weeks.

I'm still in love with her...it scares me in a way, but I think it'll be alright. We'll see how it goes.

And I need to sleep. Maybe I'll get some of my sanity back.

CK: Do you know that feeling of when you wake up from a bad dream?
Me: Yeah. I feel it every time I fall asleep.

Sunday, July 20, 2008

Agent of Chaos

Last night, I saw the Dark Knight. And it was the best movie I've ever seen. It had philosophy, action, beautiful cinematography, and an actually moving storyline.

A dark hero embraces the tragedy of his role in society.

A white knight attempts to renew a broken city without falling into the corruption around him.

An agent of chaos shows that there are forces that cannot be bought or sold; incorruptible evil.

I won't spoil the movie, but it got me thinking a great deal last night. This concept of incorruptible evil that the Joker represents raises a lot of questions about the nature of evil itself. What IS evil? Can we have true knowledge of evil as finite beings? If so, how? Does evil have an objective condition or is part of its curse the subjectivity? And if we can define evil and have knowledge of it, should we align with it, or oppose it? Can we fight it?

I feel a new project coming on...