Photo Challenge Day 4: Something You Wish You Could Forget

Okay, so this blog entry gave me a lot of trouble. A lot. I don't care that I've been hurt in the past; why dwell on negativity? Not to mention every awful thing I have been through has made me stronger, scrappier, more independent, more intelligent, more forgiving, more appreciative of what I have, etc. etc. So once any personal memory of pain was off the table, I thought to myself "what about all of the pain and hate in the world, do I want to forget that?" But I can not and do not want to forget how much suffering there is. I think it would be a Flowers for Algernon situation if I went from being an activist and artist whose personal mission was to eradicate that pain to just another blissfully unaware person. If we forget that others suffer, we stop trying to help them, and I don't want that for myself at all.

SO then I thought, is there anything gross or unpleasant that I wish I could forget? Yes, yes there is. You see my lieblings, awhile ago, my roommate and two of my friends from Mixed Blood unsuspectingly showed up to what we thought was a showcase of local films. What we ended up seeing instead was an indie film entitled Enter the Void.

Enter the Void is NOT a bad movie. It goes on a little too long, but it's done well, it's acted well, and it makes some interesting connections. That being said, there is a very specific scene that will taunt me for the rest of my life. In this scene, the main character is a spirit who's spying on a bunch of his friends while they have sex. Additionally, since dying, the character's spirit has a tendency to go into anything with light. In Enter the Void, the filmmaker's understanding of sex is that when we do the deed, if you will, your genitals glow. So do your partners. I think you know where this is going.

Fast forward to spirit man's best friend and sister in a bedroom situation. Their genitals are glowing, so spirit man heads towards the light. The next scene is the spirit's POV inside of his sister, while his best friend and her are making love. I will never forget this day-glo visual as long as I live. But don't worry, I have not frozen a still of that scene for you, so here's a poster to the movie.