“Hedwig and the Angry Inch,” explores the concept of soul mates. In Mitchell’s retelling, the belly button serve as a reminder that we were once part of a whole and sex is our hungry attempt to put ourselves back together again.

This severance doomed/destined us to search the Earth for our other half, or soul mate.įor an absolutely beautiful sing along/illustrated rendition of this myth, take a moment to gaze upon the video for “The Origin of Love” lifted from John Cameron Mitchell’s cult classic “Hedwig and the Angry Inch.” In “The Symposium,” Plato’s meditation on instinct and desire, he credits our yearning for partnership and communion to the belief that humans were once joined, complete with two faces and a double set of arms and legs.Īs punishment for our pride and defiance, daddy Zeus divided us into two entities with the fire power of his lightning bolts. We have many a man to blame for the idea of “the one” but the OG culprit is father of philosophy and wearer of togas himself, Plato. Soul mates, twin flames, an immortal beloved, one true love to rule them all, a predestined ride or die? What could be sweeter?Ī 2021 YouGov poll found that a staggering 60% of Americans believe in the concept of a soul mate. I’m dating a man in every country - then I’ll choose one to marry I met my flight attendant husband while we were both working - and we couldn’t be happier

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