Comments on: Shattered Image http://michael-moniz.com/shattered-image/ Thu, 29 Jul 2010 22:53:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: NonyMous http://michael-moniz.com/shattered-image/comment-page-1/#comment-3167 NonyMous Mon, 01 Mar 2010 02:27:38 +0000 http://michael-moniz.com/?p=1575#comment-3167 This post is near and dear to my heart! I've lived through a lot of "shatterings"...deaths, abandonments, rejections, relationships with horrible, jagged endings, etc. When I think back on the experiences, this picture always flashes through my mind: When I was very young I saw the original "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory". One by one you see the "bad" children reap the consequences of their actions...the girl that chews bubble gum 24/7 sneaks a piece of Wonka blueberry gum, then she turns bright blue and swells up to a human beachball the size of a VW bug! Then the "fat" boy is overcome by his gluttony and plunges into the chocolate river, only to be sucked up into a clear recycling pipe (he gets stuck and his face and body are horribly squished until the suction finally pulls him through). Scary stuff! Then we come to "Mikey", the bratty little kid absolutely addicted to tv. Wonka has a "tv" machine that physically transports things from one place to another by breaking them up into zillions of pieces, sending them through the air (you actually see the pieces flying over head!), finally ending up re-materialized on the other side. Lil' Mikey jumps into the machine and goes through this process. Wonka increases the drama as he wonders aloud if Mikey will make it successfully to the other side...and indeed, if he does, what in God's name will he look like...will he have an ear growing out of his forehead...will he even have a face at all???? I was terrified by thought of how excruciatingly painful it must have been to be shattered like that. The only thing that comforted me was the fact that he DID make it over safely, albeit minaturized to the size of a barbie doll. So, when my next "shattering" comes, and I am drowing in pain, I will hold on to the knowledge that I will make it through alive, and I know that I WILL come out a different shape...BIGGER and STRONGER!!! This post is near and dear to my heart! I’ve lived through a lot of “shatterings”…deaths, abandonments, rejections, relationships with horrible, jagged endings, etc. When I think back on the experiences, this picture always flashes through my mind:
When I was very young I saw the original “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory”. One by one you see the “bad” children reap the consequences of their actions…the girl that chews bubble gum 24/7 sneaks a piece of Wonka blueberry gum, then she turns bright blue and swells up to a human beachball the size of a VW bug! Then the “fat” boy is overcome by his gluttony and plunges into the chocolate river, only to be sucked up into a clear recycling pipe (he gets stuck and his face and body are horribly squished until the suction finally pulls him through). Scary stuff! Then we come to “Mikey”, the bratty little kid absolutely addicted to tv. Wonka has a “tv” machine that physically transports things from one place to another by breaking them up into zillions of pieces, sending them through the air (you actually see the pieces flying over head!), finally ending up re-materialized on the other side. Lil’ Mikey jumps into the machine and goes through this process. Wonka increases the drama as he wonders aloud if Mikey will make it successfully to the other side…and indeed, if he does, what in God’s name will he look like…will he have an ear growing out of his forehead…will he even have a face at all???? I was terrified by thought of how excruciatingly painful it must have been to be shattered like that. The only thing that comforted me was the fact that he DID make it over safely, albeit minaturized to the size of a barbie doll. So, when my next “shattering” comes, and I am drowing in pain, I will hold on to the knowledge that I will make it through alive, and I know that I WILL come out a different shape…BIGGER and STRONGER!!!

]]> By: Michael http://michael-moniz.com/shattered-image/comment-page-1/#comment-3058 Michael Wed, 27 Jan 2010 12:50:21 +0000 http://michael-moniz.com/?p=1575#comment-3058 @Keith, What a wonderful way to look at it. You create something better before with what was and move forward. I really like that perspective. I am going to keep that in mind. @Joseph, I think it doesn't matter what happens in the relationship, when it ends it hurts. But, I love that you know it is all about picking of the pieces and creating something better like Keith noted. I have no doubt, you will make this happen. Better with time. @Keith, What a wonderful way to look at it. You create something better before with what was and move forward. I really like that perspective. I am going to keep that in mind.

@Joseph, I think it doesn’t matter what happens in the relationship, when it ends it hurts. But, I love that you know it is all about picking of the pieces and creating something better like Keith noted. I have no doubt, you will make this happen. Better with time.

]]> By: Joseph http://michael-moniz.com/shattered-image/comment-page-1/#comment-3053 Joseph Tue, 26 Jan 2010 19:34:27 +0000 http://michael-moniz.com/?p=1575#comment-3053 funny you should mention shattered images...I just broke up with my girlfriend, and even though I was the one to say it, still hurts pretty bad...guess it's time to take up the pieces and move on! funny you should mention shattered images…I just broke up with my girlfriend, and even though I was the one to say it, still hurts pretty bad…guess it’s time to take up the pieces and move on!

]]> By: Keith http://michael-moniz.com/shattered-image/comment-page-1/#comment-3051 Keith Tue, 26 Jan 2010 15:46:55 +0000 http://michael-moniz.com/?p=1575#comment-3051 The end result is that it's like making a mosaic. You take the pieces of the broken images and put them together to make a new picture...better than the last. The end result is that it’s like making a mosaic. You take the pieces of the broken images and put them together to make a new picture…better than the last.

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