Reflections From a Murky Pond

Western fairy tales traditionally end with some variation of, “…and they lived happily ever after.” Eastern fairy tales, those filtered through Arab and Persian cultures, tended towards the slightly less upbeat ending of, “…they lived happily until there came to them the One who Destroys all Happiness.”

As these stories are meant for enjoyment of children, these endings are necessary fiction.

 
Let’s face it, if you want the kiddies to sleep well and quietly through the night, you can’t tell them a story with an “ending” that includes the aftermath and later existence of the heroes and heroines. That sort of reboot of these fairy tales is just to close to reality.

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Anything and everything involving Hollywood “needs” a reboot. Without rebooting existing franchises there’d be few new movies because there’s apparently a dearth of creativity and/or cognitive ability on the Left Coast. The one quasi-exception to this is Disney’s animated movies. Since most are based on folk tales and fairy tales they have a more legitimate reason for relying upon rebooting existing properties.

Fortunately for Disney, Eric Proctor has provided the perfect inspiration for rebooting some of the Disney Princesses.

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The Zenomorph In Bhadrasana

There is more than one way to reach Enlightenment, just as there are many ways to become one with the universe and achieve a state of Zen.

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