Movies on Parade at UST, A Recollection: Movies Fill Our Lives

Movies on Parade at UST, A Recollection* 

Movies Fill Our Lives

Dr Abe V Rotor

Of pirates and witches...

Fantasy comes down to earth alive

in flesh walking: ghosts, fairies,

creatures of sea and land they thrive

in human laughter and tears

that fill empty lives e’en just a while

and give the world a break

in the idleness of time passing by

cares and worries at stake

where friends and foes hold hands,

monsters tame and meek;

stories sad and happy cater to fans,

all for freedom they seek

from doctrinaire and conventions;

for it’s imagination that rules

and dictates all human institutions

with technology its tools;

movies – books, visual, by audition,

in make believe and reality,

man’s gift to himself, his own invention,

his passport to liberty. ~

Wizard of Oz and fairytales

Of forest deities and kingdoms

Finding Nemo, the friendly fish

                                        Of old cultures and postmodern living

And adventure with the imagination …

Acknowledgement: University of Santo Tomas, Manila, 2014; 

photos by the author, former UST professor