All I needed was Moulin Rouge to re-discover myself. Watching the movie re-awakened in me the ideals that I hold so close to me, the mantra of the Bohemian Revolution- Truth, Beauty, Freedom, and Love. The world hasn’t seen a better movement. The counter-culture revolution of the 80’s was equally liberating, but somehow the idea of polygamous and open relationships doesn’t make me comfortable just yet. That doesn’t mean I judge those who believe in it, but it’s just not for me. Strangely, I also realized that even though I stand by the workers revolution, the main factor that pushes me to be so strongly anti-capitalist is because capitalism devalues love. Diamonds are a girl’s best friend? Oh come on.
Freedom of choice was something that I wasn’t giving myself. I was settling for non-passionate-love instead of looking for the all-consuming kind. Lying to myself by not chasing my big dream (which is to look for true love) is also in direct contrast to the ideal of truth.
I love stories about passionate people who love passionately. Even if it ends in tragedy. Everyone needs to live once, and being in love is the only thing that can make you feel alive. I have always wanted to date an artist or a poet- someone who is free-spirited unlike most businessmen, someone who makes me life feel like a musical, someone free from the constraints of time and money of this traditional lifestyle.
Nothing sums this feeling up better than Christian in Moulin Rouge:
“The greatest thing you’ll ever learn, is just to love and be loved in return”
That is all I have to convince you, and if I have, then just try. Dream a little. Make freedom a perspective, a way of being. Be true to yourself and your feelings. Find love, and you’ll know that it’s all you really need.
