Sep 18 2012
You Can’t Have it All
so by the music that Osborne chooses and even the symbolism of his gray environment. The one thing, it seems, that keeps him going is the inspiration inside, a memory that he ho
lds very dear and draws on every time he’s been discouraged. When the protagonist does finally have his major breakthrough he makes the choice to share his inspiration at the expense of losing it forever. Once he creates this life-changing invention, he is met with acclaim and immediate success. However, as he sits in his executive chair, in his corner office, he removes the goggles and is reduced to an immediately depressed state. He proceeds to look inside himself for the one thing that has kept him going all this time only to find that he is empty.
Reading this I felt like this happened to you once. I certainly hope it hasn’t but at the same time I feel like it’s a grim reality in the world we live in. We hold on to our dreams and then we lose ourselves fulfilling them.