the bucket list
i went to the movie The Bucket List yesterday. while it was kind of slow to start, with a storyline that kind of meandered along, the sentiment is certainly strong. the movie centers around two terminally-ill older gents who make a list of things to do before they kick the bucket--the bucket list.
it's a simple concept, and not a new one. a few years ago, a book came out entitled 1,000 Places To See Before You Die. it's a perspective check, in a way--a method to help keep grounded into a place of thought-about goals instead of getting perpetually ground down into the minutiae .
The Seattle Times has an article on the subject. the article interviews several people about their own bucket lists. one person had this to say:
"It's like the phenomenon of buying a red car - all of a sudden you see red cars all around," he says. "When you take the opportunity to write down your goals, there's a heightened awareness. It's not that there's more red cars; you just see things a little differently."
put that way, it almost sounds like something from
the secret, a book/movie empire that has circulated for a few years that highlights the 'law of attraction,' a notion that states that we attract into our lives the things we give the most energy to through thought and deed.
while not exactly a fan of 'the secret,' it does a good job of helping people refocus; just what the bucket list does. it is a psychological placeholder, as it were, that creates space for a dimension outside the here and now, a place for goals and wishes and dreams. it helps get us out of the daily grind and into a realm of possibility. so while it's no great homage to scriptwriting or cinematography, it is worth seeing nonetheless.
so, what's on your bucket list?
cross posted over at my other digs: http://politicsoffear.wordpress.com/
it's a simple concept, and not a new one. a few years ago, a book came out entitled 1,000 Places To See Before You Die. it's a perspective check, in a way--a method to help keep grounded into a place of thought-about goals instead of getting perpetually ground down into the minutiae .
The Seattle Times has an article on the subject. the article interviews several people about their own bucket lists. one person had this to say:
"It's like the phenomenon of buying a red car - all of a sudden you see red cars all around," he says. "When you take the opportunity to write down your goals, there's a heightened awareness. It's not that there's more red cars; you just see things a little differently."
put that way, it almost sounds like something from
the secret, a book/movie empire that has circulated for a few years that highlights the 'law of attraction,' a notion that states that we attract into our lives the things we give the most energy to through thought and deed.
while not exactly a fan of 'the secret,' it does a good job of helping people refocus; just what the bucket list does. it is a psychological placeholder, as it were, that creates space for a dimension outside the here and now, a place for goals and wishes and dreams. it helps get us out of the daily grind and into a realm of possibility. so while it's no great homage to scriptwriting or cinematography, it is worth seeing nonetheless.
so, what's on your bucket list?
cross posted over at my other digs: http://politicsoffear.wordpress.com/