Art Changes People

It was interesting what we talked about in class today.  It reminded me just how important it is to value what's in front of you instead of seeking something that could destroy everything in front of you the very moment you don't value it anymore. We can see that clearly in films and different kinds of art sometimes, and it changes our lives and makes us see and appreciate what we have. Just like the artists' paintings we saw in Pleasantville their tragedy made us see their world through their eyes and made us value or world and how we see it. The discussions we had also reminded me of Wolf's Rain and how that story goes the the cycle of birth, youth, decay, and death. In the show the world is decaying and a group of teens/wolves are trying to find paradise and open the gates to go there. At the end

the world is dying as well as all the characters who are seeking to find paradise.  After the characters die the world is reborn but then is slowly being corrupted moments after the world was born again.  A never ending cycle that we might never get out of. In a way our world is seeking paradise as well, but everyone fails to see that we are in paradise with everything that we treasure the most as well as our relationship with the Lord and the paradise that most seek is heaven.