The Beauty of It All
'To the Wonder' is so hauntingly beautiful and different from the rest. The beauty of its simplicity is unparalleled. It makes you want to laugh, to cry, to shout, to scream, to do almost everything, all at once.
In a world where the focus is to do everything faster, with more efficiency, and make more and more and more money, this is a breath of fresh air. We are pulled back into life without such strict constraints and rules beyond recognition. This drama, from the plot to the actors to the setting, everything is beautiful. It isn't an extravagant type of beauty that takes you all at once, forcing you to gape at it in awe; it's the simplicity in itself and in the lifestyle of the people. The contrast between the ever-changing, fast-paced world we live in, and the life of herders and culture. In the mundanity of life, we often forget to appreciate the culture passed down from our ancestors and the self-sufficiency of nature. Our current climate continues taking and taking until the greed becomes insurmountable, yet the destruction is felt by the exact life source we thrive off from.
This is a drama that makes you think. Not a single detail is simply 'there', yet nor is it deliberate – it is representative of real people, real lives, real cultures. What beauty that we live in yet don't feel gratitude towards.
Even if the ending is debated upon by many, I believe it is the best. Happy endings only exist in fiction; reality differs. The humane aspect of this drama is what touches everyone, because it is raw and unfiltered. We can see ourselves in the characters despite living largely different lives. Nothing is easy in life, yet we must move on; even if we stop, the world continues without us, so we must learn to live with the pain of it all, until it no longer aches your soul.
Truly beautiful.
In a world where the focus is to do everything faster, with more efficiency, and make more and more and more money, this is a breath of fresh air. We are pulled back into life without such strict constraints and rules beyond recognition. This drama, from the plot to the actors to the setting, everything is beautiful. It isn't an extravagant type of beauty that takes you all at once, forcing you to gape at it in awe; it's the simplicity in itself and in the lifestyle of the people. The contrast between the ever-changing, fast-paced world we live in, and the life of herders and culture. In the mundanity of life, we often forget to appreciate the culture passed down from our ancestors and the self-sufficiency of nature. Our current climate continues taking and taking until the greed becomes insurmountable, yet the destruction is felt by the exact life source we thrive off from.
This is a drama that makes you think. Not a single detail is simply 'there', yet nor is it deliberate – it is representative of real people, real lives, real cultures. What beauty that we live in yet don't feel gratitude towards.
Even if the ending is debated upon by many, I believe it is the best. Happy endings only exist in fiction; reality differs. The humane aspect of this drama is what touches everyone, because it is raw and unfiltered. We can see ourselves in the characters despite living largely different lives. Nothing is easy in life, yet we must move on; even if we stop, the world continues without us, so we must learn to live with the pain of it all, until it no longer aches your soul.
Truly beautiful.
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