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"Comfort Food for the Brain"
Jul. 21st, 2012 04:19 pmJust as sometimes I want to curl up with a warm bowl of mashed potatoes when I'm feeling down, sometimes I want distractions.
The incident in Aurora has disturbed me in so many ways. I've had my own past close encounters with terrorism (though nothing quite as immediate as a gunman in the same room as me), and, having been thrilled about going to see the midnight opening of The Dark Knight Rises, I feel that it could have been me. It doesn't matter that I was a couple of thousand miles away and had come home from the film before the attack happened; my irrational side says 'what would you have done?'
I'm glad I congratulated the cosplayers (Catwoman and Bane) that I saw as I exited. Heaven knows, I've dressed up for movies before and I will again. I hope they remember how thrilled people were to see them and not feel like this guy has taken something from their enjoyment.
But. Comfort food.
TED talks. Stephen Fry on Manic Depression. I'm turning to my intellect, satisfying it, as my current comfort.
I also use the term "Bubble gum for the brain" to describe some of the sillier books I read, but silliness doesn't cut it for something like this. I don't need frivolity. I need rationality telling me that the human mind is capable of greatness.
The incident in Aurora has disturbed me in so many ways. I've had my own past close encounters with terrorism (though nothing quite as immediate as a gunman in the same room as me), and, having been thrilled about going to see the midnight opening of The Dark Knight Rises, I feel that it could have been me. It doesn't matter that I was a couple of thousand miles away and had come home from the film before the attack happened; my irrational side says 'what would you have done?'
I'm glad I congratulated the cosplayers (Catwoman and Bane) that I saw as I exited. Heaven knows, I've dressed up for movies before and I will again. I hope they remember how thrilled people were to see them and not feel like this guy has taken something from their enjoyment.
But. Comfort food.
TED talks. Stephen Fry on Manic Depression. I'm turning to my intellect, satisfying it, as my current comfort.
I also use the term "Bubble gum for the brain" to describe some of the sillier books I read, but silliness doesn't cut it for something like this. I don't need frivolity. I need rationality telling me that the human mind is capable of greatness.
