October Sky..I want to fly..dont hold me back..ths where I belong to
Some things have moved quite suddenly, not somewhere out there, not for others to see, its within that some things have moved! I watched 'Rock On', a story of 4 guys who are living monotonous lives far away from their passion which is music. And they look almost lifeles in daily rut of their lives, living in the shadow of their past which was about music, some of them desperately trying to catch hold of it and some trying to get rid of it, and all of them failing to do so! And how they get back to it, rediscover it and create a new life which has all space of this first love of them.. thus following their passion!
And then came the Hampiscapes, sounds jargon, ;).. the Communication and Design Group of Infosys has artists and designers, all of them a cut above, mind blowing experts! Some of them happened to go to Hampi(a historical town in Karnataka) and paint, sketch, draw the landscapes there, which were exhibited in bangalore. And I came to see them on the intranet. Such marvellous pieces of work!! I was simply inspired,and as I went through each of them, there were no words sufficient for admiration, I just wrote to the guys and thanked them for giving me a good jolt!
And then I watched 'October Sky', an unjusstifyingly very leser known movie. It is one of the best that I have seen in last few years I must say. Its the story of,again, 4 guys who live in a coal mining town, whose almost certain future is to work in the mines. But fated to break out of what was deemed almost certain, they happened to watch the launch of Sputnik by Soviets in 1957. And thus follows a dream, a passion to learn, know more about and make rockets. And wat follows is intense ridicule, rejection and disapproval from almost everyone except their science teacher and a few fellow unsung heroes who kept on supporting them. In the end they break free, manage to do wat they want and follow their dream to go to the college and do watever they wanted to! There was a moment in the movie when I just got so uncomfortable that I stood up from my seat and just looked around , wondering wat the hell am I doing here!
And thus frm last few days, highly dosed with the bit about following my passion and my dream, breaking free of this rut which I know I am not deemed to do, I have been thinking, and thinking and dreaming.. Some of it has moved me into action, some into apprehension, some into introspection as to what is it thats calling me?? Its a fix! And maybe at the right point in my life, when my career just begins, or maybe it should have been before it, I dont know!
And in midst of all this, there is only one silver lining that I find. And that is about having done something which impacts another human being. Something which moves one into thinking, inspires another. What's the point after all in living a life centered around trying to look good and better, trying to make more money than the neighbor, preoccupied by priorities which never lead to fulfilment and self expression and are only about getting one-up on someone who you would not bother about after a couple of years!! And thus still in the quagmire of self doubt, moving about just like that, I am wandering, searching for that one thing which will pull me out...
And then came the Hampiscapes, sounds jargon, ;).. the Communication and Design Group of Infosys has artists and designers, all of them a cut above, mind blowing experts! Some of them happened to go to Hampi(a historical town in Karnataka) and paint, sketch, draw the landscapes there, which were exhibited in bangalore. And I came to see them on the intranet. Such marvellous pieces of work!! I was simply inspired,and as I went through each of them, there were no words sufficient for admiration, I just wrote to the guys and thanked them for giving me a good jolt!
And then I watched 'October Sky', an unjusstifyingly very leser known movie. It is one of the best that I have seen in last few years I must say. Its the story of,again, 4 guys who live in a coal mining town, whose almost certain future is to work in the mines. But fated to break out of what was deemed almost certain, they happened to watch the launch of Sputnik by Soviets in 1957. And thus follows a dream, a passion to learn, know more about and make rockets. And wat follows is intense ridicule, rejection and disapproval from almost everyone except their science teacher and a few fellow unsung heroes who kept on supporting them. In the end they break free, manage to do wat they want and follow their dream to go to the college and do watever they wanted to! There was a moment in the movie when I just got so uncomfortable that I stood up from my seat and just looked around , wondering wat the hell am I doing here!
And thus frm last few days, highly dosed with the bit about following my passion and my dream, breaking free of this rut which I know I am not deemed to do, I have been thinking, and thinking and dreaming.. Some of it has moved me into action, some into apprehension, some into introspection as to what is it thats calling me?? Its a fix! And maybe at the right point in my life, when my career just begins, or maybe it should have been before it, I dont know!
And in midst of all this, there is only one silver lining that I find. And that is about having done something which impacts another human being. Something which moves one into thinking, inspires another. What's the point after all in living a life centered around trying to look good and better, trying to make more money than the neighbor, preoccupied by priorities which never lead to fulfilment and self expression and are only about getting one-up on someone who you would not bother about after a couple of years!! And thus still in the quagmire of self doubt, moving about just like that, I am wandering, searching for that one thing which will pull me out...
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