Big Eden/ Dear Cousins
I just watched “Big Eden”. My mom describes it as “Brokeback Mountain”, the way it should have been.
Brokeback is very dramatic. I felt it was very well done but I didn’t enjoy watching it. It hurt to see the struggles and persecution the men faced and were afraid of. I think because of these struggles, they were so desperate for intimacy and I had a hard time watching it because it was so aggressive. The aggression was not only between the men, but also with women.
Eden is really idyllic. It was a world without bigotry, where friends just want to see you happy. The main character, Henry, is not at ease with himself and when he returns home when his grandfather is hospitalized, discovers his high school friend has also returned and they attempt unsuccessfully to [re]build a relationship. Another man is also fond of Henry and just does what he can, in secret to make his life easier. What’s amazing is the love that is shown to all three men from the community. Maybe you realized before me that it’s Eden, it’s supposed to be idyllic. I just now caught that.
We all want to love and be loved in return, we really don’t choose whom or how. The facets of this truth are slowly revealing themselves to me. God made us to share His love in hopes that we would return it to Him.
Today’s sermon was on how there is truly no room for racism or bigotry as scientists are discovering that all mankind is linked by our DNA to Mitochondial Eve. Therefore we are all members of one very large family. The ideal family loves and cares for eachother, uplifting each person to their individual best. Will we ever live in a world like this, where mothers and daughters, fathers and sons do not bicker against one another? I am waiting for that day.
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