Yiren Pontificates

Those who knew of my shameless act in Alice’s wonderland would understand the modification in the title. Yes I fell asleep in the 3D version and yes, I made up for it by catching the 2D version. The Hatter’s riddle was sprinkled throughout the film and appeared even at the ending, leaving many to ponder what it actually meant. Let’s set the records straight; I have yet to read the original Lewis Caroll’s literature and yes, I do have a childhood despite of that, albeit not one as intellectual as some of you. I didn’t know the raven and the writing desk caused so much chaos for so many others until my dear Google told me so. Fortunately, I SU (stumbled upon) a really good compilation of answers (http://bit.ly/2Sj8). It seems that my HTML is failing me, either that or my wordpress here is ancient and due for a revamp. 

 Anyway, I felt that I have yet truly grasped the meaning of the show. While I cannot explain the show, I might be able to offer why I cannot do so. In the above compilation, there was a quote from Caroll’s original text: 

 Alice sighed wearily. “I think you might do something better with the time,” she said, “than wasting it in asking riddles that have no answers.” 

Maybe life is a riddle, one that has no answers but that does not mean that we should stop questioning it, that we should stop asking ourselves who we are and who we want to be. As Alice searched through her memories and fought the many advertures, she managed to identify herself. I am sure many of us have the same experience and are able to connect to this section of the story, how we sometimes fall through the rabbit hole and find ourselves repeating silly acts such as the “grass-is-greener-over-there” and the mindless “i want to reach there but do not know where’s there and cannot even define there” acts. Yet how many of us can come out of the cinema, out of the rabbit hole to say, “ah I found myself”. I can’t. I am still searching. What about you?