2010/03/19
Man on Wire
I'm not sure how I've gone my entire adult life without knowing about this incident but at least I found it now. There really are no words to describe and I highly suggest that you watch the movie for yourself. It's called Man on Wire and is fairly self explanatory. Old french guy describes his wire walking from the top of the twin towers with footage and his accomplices. Really, really remarkable. The line that stuck out the most for me was when he was being arrested all of the reporters kept asking him "why, why, why"...his response was so profound, as was the entire event. He said that there was no "why" and in his interview for the movie he said that that was such a typical American point of view. Instead of just appreciating the event we have to know why. Obviously, that's a stereotype and a generalization but pretty accurate if you really ponder it for awhile. A truly profound moment in history.
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I think we get so caught up in trying to define things as opposed to just experiencing them. It makes us more comfortable if we can reduce a thing or an event to something we can understand and make sense out of. Instead of just being and experiencing the moment, we pick it apart until we have personally determined whether we agree or disagree with it. It’s easier for us to minimize something into a neatly pre-determined package than it is to really experience it. I'm not sure I'd attribute that to being solely an American trait, rather one that is more commonplace in the western world. Where we aren't perhaps as spiritually enlightened as some eastern cultures. (When I say 'spiritual' I'm not speaking in terms of religion, I personally believe they are two different things.)
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