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Akira Kurosawa's Dreams- In practice

I saw this commercial the other day that greatly impressed me. It occured during the comic book show

Smallville's final episode. The commercial featured a series of includions of gay males offering words

of advice to the afflicted younger generations that share their sexuality but are also unable to stand life.

Suicide is not the answer--nevermind Catholic doctrine for a second. The principle that the suffering souls

who committ the act will end up in damnation- that is a ruse, a psychological tactic to scare the tormented

individuals out of disparity. Does it work? Maybe for the Catholic-inclined people of this earth. The rest

will have media- an alternative growing religion that must ruin illicit business's chances of isolating persons

into want and desire. When that is sudennly absent, we go through a whilwind of shame and loss. And still for

those that feel misrepresented or ignored, create something as Kurosawa did, not fearing death, bu revealing

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that it's all light and shadow- a dream. "Return", as a great german philospher might say. And struggle to better-

to Beat It.

, Boston Alternative Spiritualities Examiner

Sanjeev Selvarajah writes for the Somerville News and studied English in college but started out ...

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