Saturday, April 21, 2012

Don't Lose Your Dinosaur.

     In the great family classic film Step Brothers, there is a line about one of the two characters that when he was a child wanting to be a dinosaur when he grew up.  Of course, this gets us all to laugh; however, I think there is some bitter truth hidden behind all our laughs.  Are we laughing because the idea of a child turning into a dinosaur is ridiculous, or are we laughing because we too once had impossible dreams that as we have grown up we never took the ambition to chase after and now we feel pain (we're using "laughter as the best form of medicine")?
     When we were younger, we played games of make-believe because we could do anything.  We believed that we were the great artists, musicians, and most powerful people in the world.  And then we started looking at the great artists, musicians, and "powerful" people and we lose our zeal.  Why does this happen?  Belief is half the battle.  What caused us to lose this belief?  How can we reclaim it?
     The answer in short is: "I don't know."  Maybe we should stop valuing celebrity and start esteeming creativity.  Maybe we should take every opportunity to build each other up instead of tear each other down.  This is a big issue, more than a simple blog can solve an answer too.  Thoughts?

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