Essentially Athena

It's easy to demonize authority. From Walt Disney's "The Little Mermaid" to George Orwell's "1984", it's been rehashed with strikingly similar motifs time and time again. After all, this is something we've been wrestling with since we were two and Mom or Dad told us to eat our veggies.  Now it's "Don't go outside.", "Wash your hands.", "Don't play with the other kids." — needless to say, it's got some of our inner terrible toddlers just a little riled up. W e all long for personal freedom: the freedom to choose, the freedom to express, the freedom to pursue and explore our dreams and desires without restriction, or to simply create a life for ourselves  without major interference. And yet, m any of us are currently being confronted with a level of control and, let's face it, semi-totalitarianism that we've never personally experienced so far in our lifetime, even if it is for t...

Photo credit: Aaron Burden (via Unsplash) If you're interested in some of my older writings, you can find them on my second blog,  The Dustbunny Archives . There are a few movie and music reviews, poems, as well as general musings, such as:   "One Down, Four to Go" —  music review "Rose Hues"  — poetry "La La Land"  — movie review "Child Philosophers"  — anecdote "Big Hero 6"  — movie review "Millennial Musings"  — poetry, social commentary "Pipe Dreams"  — poem  "Really, GRAMMYs?"  — music review, social commentary "Irrational Man"  — movie review   I'm not planning on adding much else (which is why there is no option to subscribe), but if I stumble across anything I feel like publishing, I'll post it and most likely share via Facebook! :)