ThanQ, who?

Have you watched any David Lynch film? Well, I hadn't. But, people who made the films I enjoyed, really liked "Eraserhead", and his films in general. So, I decided to watch it. I got "Eraserhead", "Blue Velvet", & "Mulholland DR." & decided to start with "Eraserhead". Its B/W, moving slowly, weird hair, future with waist high mechanical levers, no whizzing electrons - Stopped it and watched something else - Some days later, I notice it, and give it another go. Now continue with weird head sizes, mutilated babies - I resolve to sit through it - Bursting mutilated babies, creepy-crawlies. I love a dystopian, decadent future setting, but that wasn't what I would imagine. I didn't like it. Far from it.

 I was confused if I was allowed to hate it. I haven't tried to see it again so far. So, I forgot about the other two. Some time later I try "Blue Velvet". Its not as uncomfortable. I like it, in-spite of its few weird parts. I believe you need to be stoned to get into the mood of these movies though. And I think his movies are more about moods. Few days ago I watched "Muloholland DR." and really sat through the whole film enjoying it. Trying to figure out the bizarre things going on. Well it was those 2 hours of excitement. And every now and then I find myself trying to decipher the film. I'm asking myself if I enjoyed it & do i still enjoy it. Its like the "girl in blue".

Now, to the point of all this. Sometimes, logic isn't the answer. And it alright to not have a coherent ending. Sometimes a face gives you a fleeting glimpse of fulfillment, moments of frantic searching, a few hours of paralysed hope & makes your day. And it continues to brighten my days every now and then with nothing but a  tingling feeling and a blue hue. Butterflies brighten the day. I mean we have all chased butterflies. Well mine was wearing blue. And so thanQ girl in BLUE.

Dr. Strangelove & Why you should stop worrying, and love war

Many beautiful and truly amazing things have come from merciless dictators, destruction and war. Sure war always is a very sad thing for its time but it has always given the future a spectacle. I know I wouldn't last two fleeting seconds in a war, but its war that gave us the SR-71, the jet engine, nuclear power and ofcourse Dr. Strangelove.

See the lot who constituted the third world and see what they can take pride in now. It generally is either something that has always been there or something that people (who generally are historians from history) said existed. I can't say they should all have taken sides in the cold war, they had more pressing things like nation-building to do. All I'm doing, is pointing out that the war did the others some good. This was the war that started the space race and put man in space fifty-odd years after his wobbly first flight and then onto the moon. Sure, you will say "India played a major role in WW-II, what good did it do us?". Apparently, after the war India emerged as the world's 4th largest Industrial power which might have played some-role in leading to our independence. Indirectly, its war that gave you the french wine, the Italian suit, brought motor-racing to this country, and may-be in a way gave us motor racing itself.

It's not like there isn't enough suffering already. But history always seems to show us that mankind has never wafted into a more developed society. Rather, we got here with a bang, a little smoke and some damage. The next war, when it comes, will exterminate the human race and most life they say, but a stagnant pond will kill all life in it anyway. War might not be the solution, but it might be just the problem that will bring us the solution. Ironically Mars has always been the place where we have searched for life. Mars is the God of war.