Myself: (shocked, but continued slicing the pizza) Hmmm ... I don't know.
How is one supposed to know?
For what we tend to see is the surface, the out-est look (if such a term exists!) of whatever or whoever we wish to see. From the glamour misleading images in glossy magazines to Hollywood trashy flicks that only lunatic minds would bother watching Son of the Mask or Uptown Girls, we only get to see the image-representatives. It's fun to watch Paris Hilton mulling around, but do we ever get to see her secretary or manager frantically try to launch her projected persona?
Raise hands if you are aware that E.T. would never work well without John Williams's score.
Who's John Williams?
Nevermind.
But I do care about him, so much so that I prevented him winning at this year's Academy Awards as his works in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban is a mere light of dust compared to the winner, Jan A.P. Kaczmarek's take on Finding Neverland.
I care about Anne V. Coates's quick-cut editing style in Out of Sight, for it heightens the slick, cool look Steven Soderbergh wishes to convey.
And you all have read my previous entry 'On Faithful Characters'. How I admire those roles of supportive characters standing proudly next to their partners, husbands, wives, lovers, and they put their utmost parts of heart and soul to, willingly, stay behind and be a strong pillar who stabilize and balance the relationship they embark.
Do they do it instantly? Don't they ever wish secretly to steal the spotlight and have the center attention of the world fall on them?
For God sake, I can assure you they do!
Once in a while, when the world seems to hinder from them all the time, when tangible achievement matters most, when the world unfairly shifts to embrace the beauty of outside, the ones staying behind do not react.
Why?
Indeed. Why? Why bother?
Why bother of self-proclaimed achievement if at the end of the day, Winona Ryder still serves Daniel-Day Lewis faithfully in The Age of Innocence? And she does it with smile, a proud smile that goes unrecognizable at times, sinking behind the overflowing praise of her successful husband?
Why bother for Tommy Lee Jones in Coal Miner's Daughter to show-off himself when you know that it is more relieving to see Sissy Spacek as Loretta Lynn started to taking the world by storm?
Why bother of one's own happiness when you are happy to see your girlfriend smiling? Your boyfriend laughing? Your wife's pride of you?
The woman: One of the biggest achievements in my life is when I got married to him.
Myself: (wandering sight) I see. (looking at her directly, wide smile) I can see that.
- Delifrance, West Mall 21/03/05 -
8 comments:
rio
gosh, it's not easy being out of the spotlight yaaa...
really needs a big heart;).
Rio,
maybe not totally out, but slightly adjusted to the other side of the stage, which only get the remaining shades of spotlight.
duh, bahasa gue politically correct bener yaaaa :P
bingung mo komen paan! ikutan rio aja deh! hueheueh :-)
Aduh! aku ga bisa baca dan nulis english...
tapi seperti di buku "Para Priyayi" nya Umar Kayam, tokoh utamanya (namanya siapa lupa) menjadi 'pemenang' bukan karena paling "sukses"
Tapi justru karena bisa berbuat banyak bagi orang lain, tanpa show-up; stay behind the scene.
gitu gak sih ?
Poor me, poor you, poor us :(
But I think somehow we're just too happy to see them happy, we choose to ignore ourselves.
Are you sure you're ready, Beib?
-The Woman-
Forgot to tell you, I cried when I read this entry.
Seemed to shallow for me to say that he is one of my biggest achievement in life, but could I be more happy if I didn't choose to marry him? I guess not.
I have to admit, without him I have no life.
*terdiam sejenak*
And without me he wont get this far.
*hug Nauval*
-The Woman-
Dody,
Bingung juga mo bales komen apaan :)
Pras,
buku "Para Priyayi" itu salah satu novel paling indah yang pernah saya baca, dimana karakter-karakternya yang bergerak dalam diam justru makin menunjukkan kekuatan mereka.
ngga tau apa jaman sekarang dengan segala tuntutan hidup bisa menjadikan kita seperti itu, mudah-mudahan aja ... :)
The Woman,
no matter how we say "i'm ready" and be fully prepared, yet, what lies ahead is always a new challenge needs to master.
in short, life is a full of surprise, let's take a ride and feel the thrill :)
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