Dreaming the Dream
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| Title: | Dreaming the Dream |
| Creator: | "S" |
| Date(s): | April 12, 2010 |
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| Fandom: | Beauty and the Beast (TV) |
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| External Links: | Dreaming the Dream, Archived version |
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Dreaming the Dream is a 2010 Beauty and the Beast (TV) essay by "S."
The essay's topic is the necessity of dreams, obsessions with a television show, and the need for hope.
Excerpts
A few years ago, I was leisurely walking along the Venice channels with a few fellow B&B fans. We were having an international mini-con, four or five fans, from France, USA, and of course Italy. It was night, a beautiful night. We were chatting about B&B, what else? and one question was asked that never left my mind ever since. The gist was about: is it healthy to be so obsessed as we are? Probably what I’m going to write was not exactly what we said that time, but it’s how the reply grew in my mind from that moment. Thank you to C., who, asking that question, planted this precious seed in my mind. There are many ways to approach B&B and find joy in it. This is mine, wobbling English and all.
Yes, we need to dream. Deep in our heart, we have this insuppressible need to fly. When we meet B&B, our heart rejoices, because B&B is pure dream. Is it healthy to be so obsessed as some of us are? Yes, it is. Because we are not obsessed about the show. It’s not only Vincent and Catherine, the romance, the tunnels utopian society, the poetry or the classical music. Even if not fully perceived, what draws us to the show is the need to dream. Our lives are not confined into the body we move into, the brain we use to understand, the feelings we feel. They are wonderful tools, but they are also limits. We need, deeply need to go further. We need to dream. B&B talks to that need, deep into our souls. Our obsession with the show is nurturing such need. And what if the dreams do not come true? It does not matter. Dreaming is a value per se. The very moment you dream, you go beyond the limits set by your body, your brain, your feelings. We all have lives. Some are gray lives, some are suspended lives, some are tragic lives, some are happy lives. But even the happiest of lives is not "enough". We have a wonderful nostalgia of "more" in our hearts, and dreaming is a way of replying to such call.
When we meet B&B, our soul recognizes that call. "It’s just a TV show". Of course it is. It’s US that are not "just". Our souls are boundless, and thirsty. They can give meaning to everything we meet, and recognize the fresh water to quench our thirst anywhere. Even in a TV show. It’s not B&B that we are obsessed with. We are obsessed with the beauty of our own souls, and B&B is a mirror to such obsession, where we recognize ourselves. We are the Beauty, we are the Beast: we have all of Vincent’s and Catherine’s qualities, we need to grow, to shine, to be loved and to love no matter what. We have an Above and we have a Below, we are made of darkness and of light. We dream and need to become One. We need and dream to give and to receive. We need to see beyond the look, and we need to be seen beyond our looks. We need to see and be seen with the eyes of the heart. When we meet B&B, we meet the tale of such need fulfilled, and we recognize it.