Desire-less

Again, a little bit of reading/writing before cooking dinner. 

I am getting kind of surprised, how many familiar scenes of the SyFy filmography, good or not that good (especially the bad and the terrible) are described in Dracula (which is, of course, primary to all of them). For example: the ghost boat with dead people on board, being swept away by a fearful, ephemeral and as much impossible as inexplicable storm; the clusters of dark clouds moving fast in the otherwise calmer sky; the fog and the mist; a pair of glaring red eyes and the atmosphere of fear and madness. "It", the poor morituri mortals  on board Demeter call Dracula. Quite familiar, isn't it? The image of Dracula crawling head-down the stony walls of his castle reminded me of Gollum (miserable, irredeemable creature) creeping among the boulders of an inhospitable and inextricable mountain. Like a huge spider of sharp teeth, sharp ears and sharp, bald skull. A sort of pale and disgusting larvae of the Allien _one that crawls instead of jumping.

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But today I wanted to record a thought I have been pounding about lately: how would a group of humans survive if they were unable to define and defend their wishes against the very selves? 

Desire is a fascinating word. But Desire is been despised and distrusted. I guess it is so because Desire comes all wrapped up in aggressive flames, quite red and scorching, and has acquired the fame of being antechamber of sin. I am not talking about the sin of lust and debauchery, although I know it pops out in mind, but that most terrible of selfishness. However, what a beautiful word! Desire is the old term, full of wisdom, while Motivation is the decaffeinated shit, politically-correct surrogate, that acts on its behalf. Desire is personal and confidential. Motivation is a mere whore that can be showed, betrayed or used as an exchange currency to get jobs and such. How important are desires for the individual! How important to defend them from all sorts of intrusions!

Here is the topic for a short story or film: how would an unsecured man, ashamed and mortified by his true wishes (though legitimate) would survive? It would be entitled "The Desireless Man".

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