25 mars 2013

The effects of music

There is this American series that I love. One of the characters loves music, and at one point she tries to explain what it is like when you fall in love with a song. When it gives you hope, and something to believe in again. And there are times when I think that's just another American drama series. But that other time I think that she's right. That feeling when you fall in love with a song. You want your ears to completely EXPLODE with the music because it fills your heart with such an intense feeling of something incredible. It takes over, and you give in, and it spreads everywhere, it fills your soul. That hope, that passion, that feeling that makes your eyes tear up and your heart swell. That feeling that you need nothing more to be insanely happy and at peace with it all, with life. And then you play it again. And again. You try to capture that feeling and you want to keep it, keep it forever. And then, before you know it, just like that, the magic is gone. The song goes back to being just a song. Until you find another miracle, another song, that takes you back to those high clouds. 

3 mars 2013

Can money buy love?

There is this film. It is called "Indecent Proposal". It is not one of those films that you are going to want to watch again, and again. But it is one of those that you will not regret seeing. It does not stir your soul, or shake the ground. It does not make your eyes soak, and it does not make you want to get up and change the world.

Or maybe it does. It is about moral. Money. Can love be bought? The story is about a man and a woman. A husband and a wife. And another man. With money. An endless stream of money. The couple is desperate for these things made of paper and copper. Those things we are made to believe can save us all. This man with the large abundance offers what is to him just a fraction of it. And he offers it to the people that would give anything to have that fraction. For a night. Together with the woman. Would it destroy them, or be the salvation that they so desperate hope for?

Well, can love be bought? With one million US dollar? How much is it worth, your love for another human being? And if you accept the offer, what will it do to your soul, to your lover - and your love? Will it destroy it, or will you find a way around it, a way to forgiveness?

How much is it worth? Can money buy love?