04/06/2024
The Bear.
So, sometimes I feel bad because I like to watch TV shows and movies. There’s so much pressure to be productive and not waste time I don’t wanna be judged for my enjoyment of these things.
However, some of you may know my mother was in films and my father was a writer. I think this is part of where my enjoyment of storytelling came from I love film as a way to explore stories and enhance the human experience.
With that said, I just wanted to give some praise for the show, The Bear.
As some of you may know I came to co-own a restaurant that was open for almost a decade.
Now, as I look forward, I find myself about to embark on another phase of my culinary journey.
With this in mind, I decided to watch the highly acclaimed series The Bear for inspiration and preparation through mirror neurons.
I’m currently up to episode five in season two and I have to say I highly enjoy the show and it’s worthy of the acclaim.
Firstly, the attention to detail gives realistic and vivid flashbacks to my time working in a restaurant, which has its own thrill.
Moreso, as we exist through these trying times the writing depicts a charming storyline of the human experience.
As we face information overload, rapid change, and uncertainty in modern times the writing provides beautiful, somber melancholy that allows you to witness the experience of others as well as feel heard.
I don’t wanna spoil this for anyone, but perhaps one of my favorite things is that as the cast deals with intense pressures and life ups and downs as a viewer, you’re constantly waiting for the shoe to drop. You’re waiting for the next tragedy or major turn of events that’s going to turn the world upside down.
But it never really does. Whatever happens, whatever life brings, life goes on.
It reminds me of one of my favorite core beliefs. You can call it nihilism, but that’s just part of it.
When I am facing my toughest situations, greatest pressures, feeling anxious and overwhelmed, I find a beautiful comfort and a release of the pressure valve to remember that nothing really matters because life goes on. The universe goes on. Time goes on.
Yes, in this human experience you want to live a life with meaning and purpose but when you’ve given it your all, yet you still feel yourself getting crushed by the weight of fate it can be a nice release to remember, “what’s the worst that can happen?“
You make a mistake. You suffer humiliation, you experience pain. What’s the worst that can happen? You die, you are forgotten, life goes on. The world keeps spinning.
Even if Life on earth were to cease, our galaxy gets swallowed by a black hole. The universe goes on. Time marches ahead.
This is not to say that our time here is not important. We define the significance of our purpose here. Time is important because it’s all we truly given in life. That, and some choices.
But when things get tough and you don’t know if you’re gonna make it, it’s nice to remember that everything‘s gonna be OK.
The Bear is a beautiful portrayal to remind us that we can get through this.
