White daisies for long have had this uncanny ability to remind me of one person and one person alone... Meg Ryan in "You ve got mail" !! I dont know why I remember this strange connection but it is embedded in my neural circuitry !! (Remember, when Meg Ryan has cold and is locked up in her house, in walks Tom Hanks with a lovely bunch of daisies and that's the beginning of a new friendship and a love story :-)) Its not that i have a huge hard disk for storing such trivia, in fact, quite to the contrary, I very often fail to recall to the name of the person I am talking to... And so, I find it strange that i should remember the daisy association for so long.. But, some things do have a tendency of staying with you !!! :-)
And so, at all times, daisies bring me to thinking about the movie... a favorite, no doubt, but it also strikes cord deeper than any other romantic "chick flick"...
I love the movie for the simple fact that here, love begins with the thoughts, ideas and the opinions of the person and not with the appearance, personality or the confidence of the person. It is wonderful indeed to be able to meet people without the baggage of their physicality and appearance... Imagine, to be able to judge people for who they really are and what they think...
Well, I guess, most people eventually do go beyond appearances but then undoubtedly, we are all biased by our visual inputs.. what we see influences our opinions to a good extent.. In fact, I often have to dissect out my opinions to try and get to the right threads from the tapestry of a person's identity which is imprinted in my head... I have to make a conscious attempt to overrule my visual stimulus and focus on the unseen...
Another wonderful aspect about the movie is of course the ability of love to blossom out of a good friendship... Though, my head still grapples with the identity of love and friendship, I always seem to believe that friendship is essential to love...
I guess, I need a lot more clarity on these issues... Till then, however, I am willing to let my instincts guide me and enjoy lovely screen romances... :-)
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