What is Tragedy?

Okay, for starters...I think I'm already finding myself running into trees. My brain was just so jumbled and scrambled I literally found myself staring off into to space trying to pinpoint the logical reason behind these films. But the thing is, there really isn't one... The only thing that I could come up with is, Why? Why did those terrible things happen to those fuzzy creatures in Small Hands and the to the little boy in the Fridge? Not to mention, the man the was influenced traumatic event with the gassing. But unfortunately it all came down to one word, reality.

"Small Hands"
I'm sure I'm not the only one who ended up tearing up near the end of that short film. But sadly, that's is how the hard life of reality is. Even is you may not know it, your days are counted. Either it's being hunted down by your predator as in that film or something else that ultimately tears your life down to its core.



"Fridge"
In my opinion, I found this film a little more eye opening. Not that the fact that it shows how those two poor people helped that boy out and then just "forgot" about it in the end. It was how the other people treated them. How they turned away from the man when he was trying to find a telephone to call the fire department, how everyone just seem to shut them out just because they weren't classifies as "human" anymore. Or they tried to help but it was already to late for them to even give a helping hand. That's what tore my heart. It's one thing to shut them out but when you completely disregard them when they're calling out for help that just shameless and cruel. But unfortunately, that is how some people work or maybe how all of us work. We just end up caring for ourselves in the end.



"World of Glory"
Well... I'm sure everyone felt really torn and just plain drained by this one. I can tell you, I certainly was. Not only did I feel horrible just to even be a human being after watching it, I also felt...I don't know, scared? It something that is really hard to put into words. I guess the way how I saw it, was that even after you did or saw something that you can never and I mean never take out of your conscious, it will never be cleared from your life. It will stay a burden or you could be like everyone else and just shut it out. Forget about it. Turning away from it never to think about it again. But with this film, like what was said in class, it was almost like he didn't want to forget it. Just for one moment near the end. Which in a way, make sense. Who would want to see that same scene again?



Tragedy. 
Its one word that everyone should know. But do we really? To me, Tuesday's session was like a slap to my face. I didn't know what to think of it at first. I felt almost...empty. Like I needed to find an answer to all of those films but couldn't. So in a way, I was running into trees. But one thing is for sure, tragedy is a major part in our reality. Even if we may not have seen it first hand, its still out there. Tearing families apart, stealing lives from loved ones, or even ending the life of someone else by their own hands. Its there. Lurking in the darkness of our lives as we turn away from it. Pushing it out so we won't have to deal with it. But like what Mr. Leeper said in class, I think we need some sort of balance between joy and tragedy. If you have too much of one you end up loosing the sight of the other. Literally, turning you numb.