crash

i watched crash the other day with my dad. by the way this is a spoiler. if you have not seen crash and plan on watching it and DO NOT want the movie spoiled for you, then click away. now.

so. crash. the part where the locksmith comes home from work and the shop owner is waiting outside for him. the locksmith starts yelling for his wife elizabeth. the little girl runs outside because daddy doesn't have the cloak anymore. so she runs out to protect him and her mother [elizabeth] yells no, don't run into the street. she jumps into her father's arms. bang! elizabeth stops in her tracks [she ran outside having seen the imminent danger]. she screams and begins to fall apart right where she stands. he holds his little girl and screams out with a yell of anguish. and she whispers... i'll protect you. he stops. lifts up the back of her uniform sweater and little white oxford shirt. the skin on her little back looks smooth as ever. he lifts her up and looks into her eyes. he looks at the shopkeeper [who appears entirely confused realizing how lucky he is that he didn't just do what everyone thought he had] with a look of frustrated disbelief and then walks away into his wifes relieved arms and into their small home. and for a moment you let out the breath that you had just taken in rather sharply and you try to hold back the tears that have already begun to run down your face. and your heart lets go of all the pain and anguish that you cannot have truly owned...

at that moment alot of things ran through my mind. and one thing that i thought of is not just how precious life is, but how fatal ignorance can be. it's amazing how knowing nothing of someone else's circumstances, and nothing about who they are or where they've been. that's how it worked in crash. knowing nothing but what you have been through you act on your apparent knowledge and not so apparent ignorance. i guess jsut a little something to chew on the next time i choose to make a rash decision affecting anyone besides myself.