Friday, May 22, 2009

Life Just Is

Thats true, life just is. Philosophy and wishful coincidence and interpretations aside, it just is for the sake of it is.
I was watching this music video by Lady Hawke, song being Paris is Burning, and not because I'm so hip I'm in anyway in touch with current music trends and all that. I go to a gym and they have this one TV namely the BTV as in Bally's TV playing a set number of music videos over and over again day after day. When I'm on a cardiac machine, I'm directly facing the said TV, hence connecting the dots...Lady Hawke. I know nothing of the lyrics as I have my own i pod cranked up to high heaven loudness, its the video that "loopily" enough gets me to this sentiment of life just is.
She has this bland yet brazen expression on her face and all through the video she just keeps walking through some alley, staring deadpan in to the camera and spouting out the lyrics, whatever they might be, thats immaterial. As she walks she gets attacked by I assume a home less guy who hops on her back maybe trying to subdue her (just my take on the situation) she amazingly keeps walking with him on her back until he lets up and falls off at some point, then comes the rain of sparks of electricity and she unwaveringly keeps walking and talking brazen, bland expression intact.
I keep on watching this video over and over everyday during my cardiac session and it impresses me a little more each time. Her state of mind shows resignation and acceptance of the fact that life just is, so what? Do you want to stop each time circumstances or no good influences try to slow you down or turmoil wreaks havoc in your path? No I think not, plow on, don't give anybody the satisfaction of having affected you negatively, they are simply not worth it. You have to keep going, this alley may be dark I can only hope for a bright, sunny, open field at the other end and hope I will find it there. Interpretations of situations and speculations of outcomes mean nothing, I must keep walking and fast to reach there where I gotta be.
Ultimately life happens the way it does because life just is.