I'm not feeling myself lately..don't know how to explain it but that's for another time, all I can say is I've been losing focus and I've got to screw off with it and get back on track.
We watched a documentary in Yvonnes class called The Falling Man. It's about a picture that was taken during 9/11 of a man falling from one of the twin towers after jumping to his inevitable death.
The photo was the subject of a lot of debate over whether it should have been printed or not, and even today the debates continue (believe me). Some people believe that someone making the choice to choose to jump off a building, on their way to ending their life should not be exposed, which I understand why people think that.
Others believe that the picture is showing people that that event was not all just heroism, as most of the pictures after that day would showcase. Reality is not always sunshine and lollipops and thats a belief I have, as Eric Matthews told younger brother Cory on an old episode of Boy Meets World (one of the best shows ever) "Little Bro, life's tough, get a helmet."
I think people need to know that there is hard times in bad situations, and that its not always how we overcome it because some people don't have that choice, and the choice the man in the picture as well as several others were faced with that day was to either burn to death or jump. I can't tell you what I would choose because that's not exactly choosing soup or salad, even with that choice I have a hard time sometimes.
But that picture showed the harsh reality of the day for people who were unable to escape the twin towers, and I hope people can understand that, even if they are against the picture being published.
I remember when the Tsunami hit on the other side of the world, I forget exactly where and that does make me feel like a bad person. But the Daily News (How I miss you and your comics section) published a photo of a persons hand, and this person was lying underneath debris, dead. Now at first I was shocked they would show that on the front page, but my dad pointed out to me that this is a way to help us overlook the celebrities who are all over the media outlets talking about it, and to see what it is exactly they are talking about. Since then that is how I began looking at things, although not everything needs to be published but when we get caught up in other aspects of life, sometimes we need a reminder that we are in better situations and for those who aren't, we should take the time to acknowledge them and hopefully learn about ourselves through it.
I was sick the day we watched this special last year, and I'm glad I was able to see it this year cause it was a documentary I would recommend everyone watch and possibly learn something about themselves.
Until next time, Keep it rockin
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