Walk the Line

Chicago River at Sunset, originally uploaded by skitbraviking.

Few pieces of art have managed to pick me open and leave me scrambling to get myself together like the film WALK THE LINE did this evening. I have always felt an affinity for the songs of Johnny Cash, but this biopic put me in awe, too. Oddly it also made me feel like I can handle the cards I've been dealt because Johnny did, too, even if he had lots of help and understanding from a woman who was more than patient with him, saintly even. Yet what struck me most about this film was how he still was trying to gain his father's love and approval so late into his life. I've now begun to wonder just how deeply I've let this exact same need drive me into some of the actions I've taken in life. This, of course, is very difficult to ponder, not to mention a bit depressing. Nevertheless, here I am and this is where history has brought me and there is little else to say for it. Yet, I'd be fool not to take this as a hint and believe in history's lessons, and so there you have it, people. Always a student of life.