I thought I would give everyone a run down of the 10 most popular posts from this past month (in case you are new to my blog, or just plain missed a post).
Me and my journey through life, from the highest of highs to the lowest of lows and all wacky, funny, deep, depressing and interesting points in between. My interests are varied from one end of the spectrum to another. Basically, the disappointing side of mediocre.
Showing posts with label The Field Where I Died. Show all posts
Showing posts with label The Field Where I Died. Show all posts
Saturday, August 31, 2013
Monthly Review (August 2013)
Monday, August 19, 2013
The Field Where I Died
When I started writing the posts for my favorite funny episodes of TV shows (The Work Outing, Are We Not Men?), I knew that what I wanted to do for the serious ones. Each one was getting its own post (The Girl in the Fireplace, The Inner Light), and I knew which one would be last. If you have paid attention, I have been dropping hints leading up to the finale.
This one episode just hits me from so many directions. The Civil War. Reincarnation. Past lives. Soul-mates. How people are always connected through life and death and rebirth. Migrating souls.
My personal beliefs in many of these things might not be justified, and even if not true, I recognize them as being beautiful ideas. And in a cold, cruel, sometimes heartless world, we always need beautiful ideas.
Also, I do not think I given this episode the write up it deserves. I have written and re-written this several times, but I still do not feel I have conveyed the emotions and feelings it evokes from me.
Opening scene is Mulder standing in a field, while Robert Browning's Paracelsus is recited. He is looking at two Civil War era photographs of a soldier and a woman...
This one episode just hits me from so many directions. The Civil War. Reincarnation. Past lives. Soul-mates. How people are always connected through life and death and rebirth. Migrating souls.
My personal beliefs in many of these things might not be justified, and even if not true, I recognize them as being beautiful ideas. And in a cold, cruel, sometimes heartless world, we always need beautiful ideas.
Also, I do not think I given this episode the write up it deserves. I have written and re-written this several times, but I still do not feel I have conveyed the emotions and feelings it evokes from me.
The X Files/The Field Where I Died
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