So, yesterday was the official kick-off of the Keep Portland Weird festival here in Paris, which meant that I had a reading/screening in the...
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The human condition is one that doesn't improve with technology. As inspired and relevant today as it was when it was written this story comments not only on social norms and stigma, but on the tragedy of forbidden affairs. When physical and emotional ties are cut by the silent laws of society the weak fall prey to the one thing that promises to comfort them...love. In a world that moves faster and becomes more artificial each day one can't help but relate to this tale of woe, it is the tale of anyone who has ever ventured to seek there authentic hearts desire and not a status symbol that has been imagined for them.
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daniel_angulo_1, October 2, 2006
The human condition is one that doesn't improve with technology. As inspired and relevant today as it was when it was written this story comments not only on social norms and stigma, but on the tragedy of forbidden affairs. When physical and emotional ties are cut by the silent laws of society the weak fall prey to the one thing that promises to comfort them...love. In a world that moves faster and becomes more artificial each day one can't help but relate to this tale of woe, it is the tale of anyone who has ever ventured to seek there authentic hearts desire and not a status symbol that has been imagined for them.(8 of 18 readers found this comment helpful)