The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus

I was in a real crap mood yesterday (hormones?), that's why I didn't feel like writing. Nevertheless, I did feel that I had something worth mentioning here, and so I write about it today.

Yesterday was a regular Sunday, however it was the first time I EVER came late to mass. It was amazing, I came late so I couldn't serve due to me forgetting my bus card. I felt guilty and I guess that was the reason for me to come late, to realise the real meaning of serving. Lesson learnt, okay?

After mass, I went around with the friends a bit, ate McDonalds and looked at the NK annual Christmas display (photo). I didn't have the chance to see them until then. It was cute, as always. Afterwards, my family and I went to watch a movie - the Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus. It was Heath Ledger's last movie, and I really don't know what to say about it. The story was not the best (I can understand why since the main character died in the middle so they had to improvise) but the concept was nice about dreams etc., and the effects were awesome.

In the movie, the main characters were in a touring show featuring the chance for you to be able to go "behind the mirror" and experience your wildest imaginations. Imagine, for a moment, you have the chance to experience everything you have ever dreamed of. You can experience what it is like to be the president of the entire world, fly, or why not the best thing of all, meet the one person who always seems to linger in your imaginations. It can be exactly anyone I guess, an old friend, a late relative, your loved one...

If you think about it, isn't the power of imagining remarklable? By simply doing this, you can find yourself in a distant place, you can have whatever you've ever wished for, you can meet any person you've ever wanted to meet... You simply have all the power to experience whatever you want to experience. It's a great tool to escape reality for a while. Escape your fear, escape your grief, escape all your hardships. As if those never have existed. It's just all up to your imagination to decide.