The Persistence Of Memory Essay

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Help! I’m trapped! Oh. Thank you Salvador Dali. Finally I am released from my three year trap as a seven year old. For several years of my life, I dreaded the idea of growing up although this may sound a bit ironic because kids nowadays are always trying to age so quickly. It is me still to this day who doesn’t own a pair of high heels or even has any interest in wearing them whatsoever. It is me who has no clue about half of things that are ‘hot topics’ at this age. It is always me who's the most innocent, childish baby of every group I am in. But i’m learning. Slowly. As a child, one of my favourite movies was the ‘Looney Tunes Movie’. In one particular scene in this movie, actor Brendan Fraser along with Bugs Bunny were in an epic chase through a famous art museum except they were not running through the museum, they were running through the artwork. They became part of each piece they hopped into like chameleons. One piece that they were racing through was ‘The Persistence of Memory’ by Salvador Dali. Little did I know, this art would teach me such a significant lesson about life. To get an imaginary visual on the piece I will tell you that the painting is mostly a …show more content…

It makes me think that people have to make the most out of their time on this planet or else you will pay the price of not knowing. You will never know about the people on the other side of the world. You will never know who you will become. You will just be the same, boring statue of your past. I see this art and I feel hope and comfort that I will recover and that there are people struggling with my same conflict. I wonder how many people deal with being stuck in time and whether I will ever fall into the same trap once again in my future. I muse on whether older me will get the most out of her life and cross new boundaries because what I do know for sure is that Noah in the present wants that more than

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