While watching a performance by the famous Spanish Riding School of Vienna, I was prey of two different feelings. On one side, I couldn't help admiring the perfect movements of the beautiful white horses, who moved so gracefully, perfectly responding to their riders' invisible directions. They were perfectly trained and offered a magnificent spectacle. On the other hand, though, they made me think of how human beings also accept - seemingly willingly - to be "tamed" by society. Imagining the beautiful horses running freely in the prairie or along the seashore instead of being tethered and compelled to move in a certain way - I reflected on how many people follow guidelines of thought, belief and behavior dictated by 'others', namely the media, modern technology etc. But, unlike those horses, they have the choice of leading their minds and actions in an original, creative way. Unfortunately, it seems that they don'd realize it. How sad!
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