Following up from Chris's comments, I think that the short is so startling because it really does not offer a solution. I tried to tie everything up nicely in my post, but I think in doing so I did a disservice to the short. We need to feel uncomfortable, or it would not serve its purpose (which I cannot really define in all honesty). Nostalgia definitely plays a role in what is portrayed as utopic in the short, and I think that that is a occurrence common in human condition. Childhood is often looked back upon as a magical, beautiful time that can never be returned to. But why is that? I was not in constant "bliss" as a child, in fact I could not wait to grow up. I do remember playing a lot and not having too much to worry about, but I did not realize how great that was at the time. Perhaps we cannot appreciate something until we are in a less desirable situation If so, that is a rather depressing condition.
As to why our beauty is in our gut, perhaps the heart is too cliche? I have no idea, but it is definitely an interesting question. I thought that it was interesting that the key to seeing the world in a beautiful was was inside everyone, so one's happiness is a matter of perception, and inversely, so must be misery.
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But why are we taught to look 'inside' ourselves when it is the 'outside' world (at least in "MORE") that so clearly needs the most attention? (And maybe this inside/outside dichotomy is really ridiculous in the first place; maybe there are far more 'sides' to life than this binary evinces.)
Also: I completely agree with you about demystifying the seeming ‘bliss’ of childhood; for many children, it’s either just mundane or nearly unbearable.
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