The Starfish

I watched through the video twice trying to read through the meaning. I think this video was very interesting and I think it has to do with PTSD in a way. The starfish is being compared to women. The first line "women's teeth are objects so charming..." make me think of the bumps or spikes on a starfish. They are a part of what makes it beautiful, but they can also be sharp. It is followed by "...that one ought only to see them in a dream or in the instant of love". Women should only appear in a dream or if they are in love, to be loved. "We are forever lost in the desert of eternal darkness", this line is what first made me think of PTSD. This makes me think of insomnia. When asleep you are lost and dreams do not come, but nightmares. This also makes me think of being awake when your thoughts turn toward the darkness and remembering the dreadful horrors of the war. There are other lines throughout this video comparing women to starfish. They are flowers of glass, they are beautiful, like a flower of fire. These lines all point to different aspects of the woman. She is fragile, but beautiful and she also burns like fire, intense, but warm.

Towards the end of the video the woman is beautiful, was beautiful and then just beautiful and then glass breaks. She is beautiful when she is yours, but when she turns on you she was once beautiful. She is still beautiful, but the broken glass shows that she is broken because of her actions. The majority of the video looked as if it had a blur over it so it could not be seen clearly. It seemed like it was being shown as if it was a haze or a dream, maybe even a nightmare, especially when the woman is holding a knife in the threat of death. It seems like the woman is untrustworthy, like a starfish. They may be beautiful, but you do not know when or if they may cut you. I thought the video was very bizarre, but had definite meaning behind it.