There are days I convince myself that life goes on, that Syria is part of my past just so I can be functional and live and keep moving forward. Its really quite selfish I know. Even while I campaign endlessly for refugees to feed and clothe them, to provide for them and shelter them, for their rights for their space, Ive managed to numb a part of me that used to ache more than what was bearable. Ive been really good at that numbing bit. For Gods sake were in our fourth year and theres been no change. And then every once in a while something brings it all back and the longing I have for Syria comes rushing back like a tidal wave. The reality of the killings, the barrel bombs, the rapes, the orphans, the destruction, the endless torture, the unbelievable loss, it all comes rushing back and often its at the time I least expect it. Can we even fathom what 10 Million people displaced looks like? Or 5 million hungry? That entire cities are destroyed? If we saw it with our own eyes would be believe it? Nature is brilliant. Your brain has these safety mechanisms to protect it from harsh realities, they click on and off at just the right time to make you instantly block off all those things that your head couldnt handle. The absolute cruelties of life. And then if youre in tune, sometimes you can bypass it and really allow the reality to sink in and thats when the horror is indescribable. A new trailer for a film called: Aleppo. Notes from dark. Today this made me bypass that safety mechanism in my head. vimeo/88060806
Posted on: Sat, 26 Apr 2014 19:37:02 +0000