The Dark Knight

Watched the latest batman.. the dark knight.. Found it greatly disturbing.. It is the character Joker... his uncanny resemblance to me.. (as I imagine) that clearly sends a message across.. that intelligence itself could be a key to madness... Think about it.. Intelligence..

The movie is so highly multi dimensional.. every single character is multi dimensional.. they ALL have their dark side.. and for that matter.. they ALL have their good side... or rather.. their pitiable side.. even the joker..

As the joker relates stories of how he was abused as a child.. how his wife left him... you find yourself sympatising with the joker... well.. that's bad.. because you see some part of yourself in him.. that makes it harder for you to hate him.. you start rationalising that perhaps it was self-pity.. a whole lot of uncontrolled.. unchanneled emotions that led to the desperate need for violence and chaos... And when you realise that he is actually just a man under all that make up and that violence.. you start getting conflicted..

That's bad.. but it is good... to the script writer and movie director.. GOOD JOB!!! This is life.. as it is.. it is not so simple.. Not all villians are entirely bad... In fact, even Adolf Hitler had a human side to him...

"Madness is like gravity.. All I had to do was to give a little push."

Perhaps it is good to give yourself time to settle some of the questions in your head... Ground yourself.. in God preferably.. because.. what the joker said is true.. madness is like gravity.. and it is not too far from sanity.. I understand this because I live with a difficult sister who drives me to the brink of sanity every other day... and later convinces me that I am insane.. (much like the joker tried to convince bat man that he is insane)..

I guess you've got to ask yourself.. who are you? What are you inside? Are you in control? Are you crazy? If you're not crazy.. do not let anyone convince you that you are... hold on to your marbles... and remain in control.. if you can't do it with your power, use the strength of God...

Perhaps.. intelligence is really only a step closer to madness ... or perhaps it's just another one of the devil's attempts to twart something beautiful into something ugly... perhaps intelligence if used in the right way can save the world.. and it has.. so many times.. it is just that when used wrongly.. it hurts greatly too.. and humans tend to remember the bad times so much more than the good..

I guess I made my choice... intelligence is good... Confidence is essential.. Do not let anyone convince you that you are crazy.