a friend posited the other day that there is a way, perhaps through meditation or spirituality or something, to retain the 'feeling' of having witnessed a great piece of performed art (or entertainment) and turn it into a continual state of bliss. i argue that this cannot be so because that feeling, whatever it is, comes only upon completion and depends on closure to occur. have you ever walked out of a show and felt moved? seems a difficult thing to do or think...and is that feeling built up over the course of a show to a peak or just realized when the music finally stops?

i am reminded of this bc another friend asked 'who the fuck is lars von trier' and this friend happens to do publicity for a person whom has starred in one of his films, so i had to like, educate this person and stumbled upon von trier's manifesto, which contains reference to the creation of this split moment of eternity as the end reason for creating films. does this moment make you one with the rest of the audience/world or reinforce your aloneness? maybe it is both.