~:[CH13 - Day 156]:~ Let's Get Reel

 

~:[CH13 - Day 156]:~ Let's Get Reel

Movies don't always portray the way life actually is. Many times, the endings are not the way life goes the majority of the time. Movies often go through various stages of emotion, but does it truly capture the reality of our endings? In the realm of short films, there seems to be a more real narrative sometimes that hits closer to home. It was great to be among some note actors and directors. To be honest, I didn't know most of them. Sprinkled in were various KPOP fans who were attending for the Stray Kids short film. The show wasn't as I had expected which paralled most of my day, however that's the real world vs the reel world. In the end, one short film summed it up as an older gentleman suffered through the loss of his wife and later the friend who helped him through it. He turned towards him and simple said, in these moments, you just have to smile. The reality is, in times of loss, it's too difficult to smile. So much pain and agony weighs on your shoulders. However, instead of looking at what we lost, maybe we can make our film focused on the 99% of the footage, which is the time we spend together. In the reel, much of the mundane footage gets edited out but in our real, maybe we can treasure those moments even more so than we did before. As while there were moments of the day I wish I could have spiced up or backtracked on what I decided to do, the fact that I got another day in this world can help me appreciate it, even if it's a bit mundane to the rest of the world. My life is not a movie script, still yet, maybe it's the best story out there - at least for me.