The Green Life

A movie to comment on.

This video, directed and produced by our own TP MOI students i believe,
can definitely 'speak' to some of us out here. Although myself never was
a VSC student, I study Interior Architecture & Design btw, really feel
like sharing this video to you guys.. This video is taken from Sotong's
blog (pardon me for calling u that. haaa.. ok.. alright.. the name is cheryl)
btw cheryl is that girl in that video.

The film named Reverie
(before playing kindly turn off my blog music.)



Alright.. first time watching the video.. u might not feel anything special.
Just another of the many 'filmed to impress' films. U know school work.. just
impress with side-dishes.. u win. But is this film really contains no value of
fine appreciation?

Firstly.. lets get to understand the film. Reverie.. i believe quite a handful
of people do not really understand the meaning of the word. If u cant even appreciate
the Title of the film, how do u start to understand the film?

(to all my platoon mates.. this doesnt mean our morning fall-in timing.) haha

Reverie in simple and layman terms, it means daydream.

Lets start from daydream to help understand Reverie.

When people say daydream.. people meant 'building castles in the air'
things or situations that will never come to fruition.

Reverie doenst mean dreaming..
You are having insights while asleep when u dream.
But when u re fully awake and u dream.. u fantasize.. u meditate.. its call reverie.

And reverie oftenly come hand in hand with music..
simplified it.. we ve got Music Meditation.

I believe almost everyone will go into Reverie once in a while.. when u turn
on the music.. ur mind just follow the tune.. u hardly hear the lyrics.. just
the melody.. and it brings u somewhere 'ideal' u did/didnt purposely intent.

I believe everyone was leading a life far from 'perfect expectation'.

The ideal life?
The ideal family?
The ideal career?
The ideal partner?
The ideal financial status?

or power? perhaps popularity?

every single father mother's son fall short of their reverie.

Reverie can also means the past.. history.. something good that happened.

maybe yr stress free secondary sch life?
maybe yr lively childhood?
or even maybe yr past relationship with someone.

William Styron once quote
"I felt caught up in a reverie of years long past"

And let me bring u back to the reality now!
YES stop dreaming and bring yr mind back nw!!!
where are you 'now'?

in yr room?
staring at the screen?
got tons of F*** shit waiting for u?
got problems so great that will fall berlin's wall?
no life?
no friends?
no love?

yes yes.. this is the now.. the real world. the real u.

How is this film important to us?

ok lets not focus on the pretty girl in the film.. opps.. cheryl haa..

but lets look at how the director direct the film..

its a film of clear cut 'constrastion', is there such a word? haha
ok, contrasting.. there s a 'now' life and a dreamy vision.

the now life shows dawn aka cheryl working hard to fulfill what the
world expect of her.. work.. study.. progress.

look at the trophies on the cabinet.. are those her ideal achievements?
are the trophies for her? or for her 'family pride fulfilment'?

She is alone. are u alone? despite the things, the people, the tasks
that u ve been busying with/for.. are u still alone?
cuz nothing belongs to u in yr life yet.. nothings belongs to yr Reverie.

The mind constantly portray and brings u back to the ideal life.

like in the video.. the piano keys start dancing.. the mind drift and
in a instant.. a fantasy, a awake meditation of reverie came.

A life of fun.. pure fun.. bright fun.. and a life totally constrasted
to yr 'now' life.

Like what i just said.. Reverie are hard to realised.. infact not achievable..
thats y people call it daydream.

Upon saying that.. the importance of the film shot up like fireworks.

This film captured something unachievable.. this film portrayed the
fantasy of man, the idealistic life of man in a sad yet logical way.

And after hearing all that.. u may say.. so what?

Thus now i post my questions to you.

Do u have a life not yours?
Do u live alone in yr life?
Do u wan to realised yr fantasy?

If so.. can u stop living for the world?
the world teaches us to work for fame.. reputation.. money
and it requires u to do something u dont like.. and forsakes
yr dream.. will u still do it?

My answer to you is in the film.

The last few moments of the film.. A window of reverie..
the ideal life is only outside that window.. can u get out?

y is it a window and not a door? becoz u can only look and see..
u cant get out.

if u cant get out then whats the purpose to have reveries?

just like windows in yr hse.. it helps u to breathe.. it helps u to
relax.. u are confined.. u are trapped.. but a little opening will
help to move u on.. a little moment of self-pleasure.. a little
dream to make u survive in the room that saps yr breath away.

The importance of the film.. it helps and teaches ppl to dream.

Once someone told me.. When u can dream it.. you can have it.. true?

the verdict of the film is all up to u now.. after hearing what i said.

whether is it a good film or not.. yr verdict.



But now after understanding whats reverie.. i invite u to look at the
video again.. is it that meaningless now?

And guys.. lastly what i encourage u to do is to switch on music that
touches you.. lie down but dont sleep! close yr eyes and let the music
lead yr mind to your reverie.

Eventhough it might be unachievable in yr life..
but u can have what u wan in 5 mins of reverie.

RElax a bit.. breathe a bit.. and life will seems a lot better.

Apples are green... remember. thanks for reading. cheers.