My Fall

I was thinking about what I got out of this film, and the more I thought about it, the more I realized that I have control of my life and the decisions I make. Roy wanted to commit suicide more than anything, and attempts to kill himself off in his own story. Alexandria draws him back to life with all the love she had for him. Although we can give her a lot of the credit for saving Roy, he had to have something inside of him to control his decision. Suicide seemed to be the easy way out for him. If he wasn't alive, he wouldn't have to deal with his struggles and pain. You'll always be faced with many problems throughout your life, and you can chose to deal with them or leave them unsolved. For example, when you have to work on art. You will come across rough patches in the work process, and you can give up and not try to work through it. What does that accomplish? If you try your hardest to overcome obstacles standing in your way, you can definitely make it through. The word impossible becomes obsolete, and the future seems to clear up little by little. I think Roy's depression was his "fall." He had to pick himself back up from his depression if he wanted to see a better future. Everyone has to fall sometimes, but that doesn't mean it's the end. Falling is a part of growing. When you first started learning how to walk, you probably fell a countless amount of times. The more you fell, the more you wanted to get up and try walking again. And again. And again. You just have to be able to pick yourself up when you fall. Sometimes you're going to need a helping hand, and you'll be able to get that support. Other times you'll be on your own struggling to get up, but it's not impossible. We have control of our lives, but we have to be able to see that. If my music sucks, or my painting sucks, I have to be willing to work hard to get better. Things don't exist just because you want them to.