These days, my mind is just bursting with thoughts. If I wanted to, I could write at least 20 entries right now, on 20 different topics, and let it all out. But I'll settle for just one...or maybe two.
First of all, cheating. This is a sort of premeditated rant that I've dumped on several poor people already...and lately, it's bugging me more than ever. I have more free time these days, so I've been reading a lot and watching a lot of dramas. And it really seems to me that a LARGE majority of fictional relationships end with one (or both) of the individuals cheating on the other. I am certainly NOT trivializing the pain of being cheated on; thanks to the Lord it has never happened to me, so I can't properly sympathize with the situation. I also simply cannot understand the concept of cheating in the first place--of even considering loving more than one person simultaneously. It's incomprehensible, at least so far in my life. I don't mean to say, "If one of the people cheats, it wasn't real love or a real relationship," because I'm in no position to make that judgement. However! As an observer, I do think I'm in a position to say, please can we have a different story once in a while? From soap operas to great literature, from 90210 and Friends ("We were on a break!") to Wuthering Heights and Madame Bovary and Anna Karenina (what an annoying woman), it's ALWAYS down to someone not being faithful. And as someone who is watching these stories unfold--whether the plot is superbly crafted or cliche/recycled--I'm automatically disappointed and even disinterested when the cheating begins. The characters lose validity, and the story line loses appeal. I was watching "Smash" (a new drama on NBC, it's pretty good) yesterday night, and when people started cheating on each other, I just thought, "Really? This again?" Yes, it's sad, and maybe I'm part of a minority that cannot connect to this sort of experience...but if I EVER abandon music and go into writing, like screenwriting or something, I will try to shed some light on other reasons people break up. Because there are many, and they can be just as heartbreaking, just as memorable, just as powerful--if not more.
A huge percentage of art/entertainment is about love...this being said, creativity is vital. Please, I beg of you...
