The world forgetting, by the world forgot
Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind
Each pray'r accepted, and each wish resign'd;" - Alexander Pope "Eloisa to Abelard"Pope's epistle: Eloisa to Abelard
Just watched this movie, and I have to say that I found it to be fantastic, and dare I say, probably one of the best films I've seen in my life. (Am I being over dramatic?) Everyone talks of this movie with such high standards. Finally, my curiousity got the better of me and we stopped at the nearest Blockbuster, where our aimless wanderings brought us to.
The woman Kate Winslet plays, Clementine, is extremely eccentric, yet very endearing at the same time. It almost seemed like she changed her hair to the mood she was feeling at that current point in her life. Jim Carrey played this almost painfully boring person, in whom, he only kept his thoughts and feelings in a journal. Finally, the movie goes on to a break-up between the stark crossed lovers, and leads them to extremes to literally erase each other's entire memory of each other.
This got me thinking if one could actually erase a memory. In my research, I found no specific company that would do this, but there are ways of suppressing painful memories, as the movie suggests. One would be meditation, the obvious. The other would be intensive therapy sessions. The other would be to be extremely active in our every day life.
There was one technique that I did however experiment upon, and it actually was quite impressive. It's called the EFT Tapping (Emotional Freedom Technique Tapping.) What happens is you think of the memory itself, then tap at certain points on your body, repeating an optimistic phrase as you tap three or four times. It surprisingly worked. Of course, I say if you really need help, probably should leave that stuff for the experts.
The end was one that I adored. Even though their minds had no remembrance of each other, they still came together in the end. And even though my ideals on relationships are ideally pessimistic and critical, this one ending I can suffice. :)
-Louise
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