I just finished
watching Garden State and I was just laying here all cozy in bed listening to
the excellent soundtrack. It got me to
thinking about the feeling of being covered, or under covers. You feel so safe and warm. I know I always have to be covered with a
blanket even if its 90 degrees and the heat is unbearable, covers=not getting
murdered while you sleep. But getting
back on topic, covers in general have a safe feeling about them, but they can
also feel quite constricting. Just lay
in your bed right now and cover yourself with three blankets, feel the weight
of them against your body, softly pressing you against your mattress. I guess its just my Garden State of mind
(state, get it?) but it made me think of a quote from the movie that Zach Braff
utters,
"When I'm
with you I feel so safe, like I'm home."
I feel like home for a lot of people echoes
the feeling of covers. It's safe and
warm and yet sometimes its so restricting and heavy, you feel trapped. But once you leave bed, come out from under
the covers, you're exposed to all the elements, the cold tile floor, the
general shit which lays beyond your bedroom door and the same goes for leaving
home for the first time. You're left in
the open, searching each day for that place you can call home, the place you
feel safe. So I guess that was just my
after movie ramblings and trying to grasp at deeper meaning in a piece of
cinematic fiction.
