Philosophy Archives - Page 14 of 18

Kabhi Khud Pe Hansa Main, Aur…

September 17, 2008 by Haas

Rock On! has clearly had a bigger impact than what I thought it would have when I first heard about it. The story, acting, dialogs, music and scenes all deserve to be written and talked about… But one of the things I wasn’t very impressed with initially were the lyrics of the songs.

Of course there is no compulsion that the songs of a movie must have great lyrics but this movie was one that promised to ride on its music. My initial opinion (about the lyrics) was echoed by a lot of my friends, but then I listened to Phir Dekhiye & Yeh Tumhari Meri Baatein. Those two songs made me rethink my opinion about the rest of the soundtrack.

Painful Answers…

September 4, 2008 by Haas

Spending the last couple of days in pain(ranging from little-ignorable to like a million needles pricking my legs), I was wondering about the whole concept of pain. I know its associated very closely to the nervous system and defense mechanism of the body but what is the theories behind its existence. Why something like pain … Read more

A Small Step…

August 29, 2008 by Haas

There are two kinds of failures: People who are all action and no thought. People who are all thought and no action. Over the past few weeks I have realized that I am in some respects, very much the latter.

Pursuit Of Happiness…

August 20, 2008 by Haas

Her: I think the point of life is to run after what is important and not give up until you have it.
Me: But how do you know what is important.
Her: Happiness, of course. Everybody deep down wants to be happy.
Me: But not everybody is happy all the time, are they?
Her: I don’t know.

Beauty…

August 14, 2008 by Haas

I guess I could be pretty pissed off about what happened to me… but it’s hard to stay mad, when there’s so much beauty in the world. Sometimes I feel like I’m seeing it all at once, and it’s too much, my heart fills up like a balloon that’s about to burst… And then I remember to relax, and stop trying to hold on to it, and then it flows through me like rain and I can’t feel anything but gratitude for every single moment of my stupid little life… You have no idea what I’m talking about, I’m sure. But don’t worry… you will someday.

– Finishing Lines… American Beauty

When I first watched American Beauty it was on a television movie channel. I had heard so much about it and wanted to know what it was about. What impressed me then the most was the ending of the film… that line(above quote) struck a chord with me… Far away from understanding the movie, back then I thought it was an above average movie. Blame it mostly on the overly censored movie channels (it was the clipping of what was considered ‘bad language’ that bothered me more than the nudity) and the ad breaks that just ruined the flow of the movie.