Blogging Around

One blog that I read was Anya's blog, "Change of Mind: Unorthodox Love." In the blog, she discussed different kinds of love, and how our society expects all different love stories to be about "romantic" love.

"I loved the comment you brought up about the differences between love and romance. I definitely think that our society equates "love" with "romance", I've never thought about there being much of a difference. Everyone around us expects every "love story" to be something dramatic, filled with kisses in the rain and perfect couples. We expect love stories to be just like "The Notebook", or like any novel written by Nicholas Sparks. So everybody would be disappointed by a "love story" that turned out to be almost the opposite. There is a strong difference between romantic love and a love between friends, as we clearly see in the movie Once. I think that the love in Once is just as beautiful and just as fulfilling as any dramatic romance."

Sydney's blog, "Dialectics: Reality and Imagination," talked about how the Matrix made her realize that reality and imagination could be one coexisting idea, instead of two separate entities.

"Isn't it so amazing how a movie can make us question the whole world around us? It was really interesting to read through your thought process on such a complicated, confusing idea. Your blog made me stop and think as well. Our minds create what we perceive as "the real world", or as "reality", but if we wanted to perceive reality as something different, then couldn't we turn our imagination into our own reality? I guess through imagination, and through these holes in "reality", we could change everything about our lives. We say that certain things are "good" and that certain things are "bad" because that's what "the real world" tells us. But if in our imagination, what is really "bad" could be "good", and vice versa, then everybody would be able to live fulfilling lives, just by convincing themselves and imagining that they are living good lives. What is reality, anyway? The Matrix has now thoroughly screwed up the way that I think about everything. For all we know, the tree outside of my window isn't real. Shoot."