Out of Balance by Coppola
Posted On: July 17, 2009 by cdin | Facebook | Twitter | Email | Comments »~~~
This is entitled, “Koyaanisqatsi: Life out of Balance” by Francis Ford Coppola. It is a stunning piece of work. It predates “Home” by over 25 years.
It brings to question – Are things all as they should be? Or are things out of balance? Could it be that everything is always in balance, but to a greater of lesser extreme?
This would mean that the horrible would equal the sublime at either ends. Thus making life inequivocably, inexplicably perplexing to us. After all, we are not necessarily equipped to deal with such expansive notions.
We forget that we humans are genetically 98% similar to chimpanzees. Smart as we are, we are still, more or less, somewhat smart, somewhat stupid albeit cunning, crafty and savvy, monkeys.
Made, in the image, of God in one small sense… having partaken of the tree of knowledge and coming to know of good and evil, being given “free choice.”
What will we do with our free choice? Will we choose the guidance of a higher power? Or, will we assume we are like Gods, able to flourish and succeed strictly on our own?
time will tell…
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