Pan's Labyrinth is a spanish movie that tells about a story of a girl who believe in fairytales. She spent her childhood believing that she was the lost princess long time ago told by the faun and doing 3 tasks that the faun asked her to do to be able to open the gate for their kingdom. I think if she's an adult and she will undergo medical treatment where she will be, no doubt, classified as schizophrenic. She wallow in her own world where fairytales are alive and fauns are real. She did the things that the faun asked her to do, somehow believing and making that hope alive that there's still some happiness for her to look forward to at the end of her tasks. She died believing that she's a real princess where her father and mother awaits her though realistically killed by her ruthless stepfather.
Veronika Decides to Die is a masterpiece of Paulo Coelho. It's focus is on Veronika who just decided to kill herself and failed and ended up on a mental hospital. Through this story, I was able to see and feel what it's like being inside this institution. I've learned that some people were still caught up with the sadness of their past and have never learned to take a step to forget about it. I've learned that some were living in the "illusion" of another world and found real peace in it. I've learned that no matter how "perfect" your life can be, there will always be something in your heart that you desire to do without fully knowing what and how to attain it. How many of us are guilty listening to other people's depression and showing compassion but feeling a bit of "im still lucky im not her/him"? How many of us are guilty creating a different world where we can go when quandaries arises?
Sometimes, it will make you think that living in a chaotic world like this, maybe it's best to create a different world where pain and suffering and ruthless people doesn't exist. Only you, the people you love and the "paradise" you created. Well, what do you think the real basis of calling someone "crazy" or "mad" or "schizo"? Is it when you take some time out of your usual ordinary ways? Or when you do something that you think will put gladness in your heart without finally taking heed of the other people's belief of an orthodox life? Wachutink? =D
