What a totally awesome story! OK, so I can't accomplish that level of naivete but I will try a reading of this story without my skin of sarcasm and skepticism. In my mind this story is what Romeo and Juliet would look like with a happy ending. In fact while reading this entire piece with my post-Shakespearean concept of true love I was constantly on the edge of my seat waiting for the death shoe to drop. Waiting and waiting, until the story was done, finito, and they didn't die. Horror of horrors they lived happily ever after. And I was shocked. We all have become so ready for disappointment that when it doesn't happen we're surprised. And isn't nice to be surprised by something? I assumed that all these stories would be so predictable that I would know the ending by page 2 and yet it surprises me every time. I like love stories, both kinds. I'm naive and I like it!
Wednesday, April 25, 2012
1/27: Naivete is for me
An Ephesian Tale- the naive reading
What a totally awesome story! OK, so I can't accomplish that level of naivete but I will try a reading of this story without my skin of sarcasm and skepticism. In my mind this story is what Romeo and Juliet would look like with a happy ending. In fact while reading this entire piece with my post-Shakespearean concept of true love I was constantly on the edge of my seat waiting for the death shoe to drop. Waiting and waiting, until the story was done, finito, and they didn't die. Horror of horrors they lived happily ever after. And I was shocked. We all have become so ready for disappointment that when it doesn't happen we're surprised. And isn't nice to be surprised by something? I assumed that all these stories would be so predictable that I would know the ending by page 2 and yet it surprises me every time. I like love stories, both kinds. I'm naive and I like it!
What a totally awesome story! OK, so I can't accomplish that level of naivete but I will try a reading of this story without my skin of sarcasm and skepticism. In my mind this story is what Romeo and Juliet would look like with a happy ending. In fact while reading this entire piece with my post-Shakespearean concept of true love I was constantly on the edge of my seat waiting for the death shoe to drop. Waiting and waiting, until the story was done, finito, and they didn't die. Horror of horrors they lived happily ever after. And I was shocked. We all have become so ready for disappointment that when it doesn't happen we're surprised. And isn't nice to be surprised by something? I assumed that all these stories would be so predictable that I would know the ending by page 2 and yet it surprises me every time. I like love stories, both kinds. I'm naive and I like it!
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