influential quotes

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From the film The Shawshank Redemption (1994):

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"You know what the Mexicans say about the Pacific? ... They say it has no memory."

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"...When they put you in that cell... and those bars slam home... that's when you know it's for real. A whole life blown away in the blink of an eye. Nothing left but all the time in the world to think about it."

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The film The Shawshank Redemption is, in truth, about hope and freedom, and the first quote is used to express a character's longing for a new life. But, I think it can also work the other way, and it is where my idea of reflection came from. The ocean completely isolates the rocky island, and has no memory and will not bear upon it. This is where the prisoner will spend the rest of their days, alone amongst the nothingness and reflecting on their new life; as the ocean has no memory, they will always remember that the rest of the world has forgotten them.

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And, the second quote reflects my approach to a prison of confinement and reflection, not dark torture. "... all the time in the world to think about it." The ocean does not offer anything new or changing; only quiet and continuous self-reflection. The prisoner acknowledges their new life of solitude, and this is the ultimate act of suffering for a formerly powerful person; giving them nothing but "all the time in the world" to reflect on the loss of power and their former life.

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