PTS(D), or post traumatic stress disorder is unfortunately a very common thing among humans, especially those how have witnessed the struggle and hurt of war. Through out the novel Ceremony, we discuss PTS(D) of which the main character, Tayo, lives with. In the video, a Native American Vietnam war veteran, Albert Laughter, speaks of his hurt with PTS(D) and how his home land saved him. He now runs Native American ceremony's for other Native American war veteran. Laughter talks about why he does the ceremony and says this. "A lot of veterans are still in their home area, but their mot all together  because their minds are still over there. And that's gonna follow you and that's gonna haunt you" (Albert Laughter). By having a human heart, these veteran's hurt and feel the war everyday of their lives. That is a very heavy burden to live with, but Laughter is trying to lift that weight.  In Ceremony, we see Tayo fight with himself and in the end wins with his PTS(D). "But lying above the center that pulled him down closer felt more familiar to him that any embrace he could remember; he was sinking into the elemental arms of mountain silence" (Silko 187). Tayo lets nature heal his heavy heart, just as it did for Laughter, and what Laughter uses to heal other veterans. A heart is something that is easily taken over and swayed. Like Tayo and laughter, many Native American war veterans let their human heart be overtaken with grief and regret, how could they not. But this also means the heart can be changed and swayed to the better. In Ceremony, Tayo think the following, but it hold roots to all war veterans. "..he could still feel the love they had for him. The damage that had been done had never reached this feeling. This feeling war their life, vitality locked deep in blood memory, and the people were strong, and the fifth world endure, and nothing was ever lost as long as the love remained"(Silko 204). Even though a heart can easily feel pain and carry that burden, it can also feel love and be changed by that love. A human heart is a very heavy thing. Most humans cannot help but have a heart the feels pain. PTS(D) is a good example of having a heart be a burden. We as humans have the ability to feel and with that our hearts can become a burden, carrying with it everything we only wish to forget, but a heart is also a beautiful and can feel love. That in it self is a burden, but can give life to those who need it the most.

As humans we want to feel and be felt. Every human longs for their own heart to be heard and felt by other and in other, it is just part of our genetic code. The most common way to get the communication of the heart across is by the means of art. With the modern day mass media and culture, the ability to spread ones heart is amazing. With the help through mass media and the humans dieing need to feel, the world of art is begging to become messy. Our want to be herd could ruin art. "Its global masturbation (Andrew Keen). Here, the music critic Andrew Keen describes the modern mass technology area of art as something that everyone feels they must be part of. He sees this as a bad thing, but that is not nessarly true. With the help of technology, people who would have never have had the chance to experience or create certain kinds of art, suddenly have that ability. Its not about how the art is made or felt, its about giving the heart the chance to feel and relive some of it burden. As the famous neoclassical musician, Olafur Arnals says in the film, PressPausePlay, "But I think it sounds good and that's what matters...and I hope that people realize that its no about elitism and rules...but about doing something nice"(Arnalds). With the help of mass media, more hearts are begin lifted from their burden then ever, and yes, while our need as humans to feel and be felt is creating a chaotic world of art on the inter webs, art is begin shared which can only help to bring people closer to each other and their own hearts. In the interview video with Arnalds, he says this, "...I'd rather have it just be about feelings and delivering something to anyone, and I like to open it up...Becca's I want to make music that affects people..."(Arnalds). Again, we see here in Arnalds statement that it is not about how the art is felt, but that it is felt, and by having the Internet that is easier then ever. Although by having the burden of heart wanting to feel, we as humans have created a messy art world in some peoples eyes, the amount of art everywhere is only helping to have people feel and be felt.

Empathy is one of the biggest burden's of the heart. Humans this genetic need to empathize with other and due to that need, we have created a false society of empathy. We now fill out need for empathy by using consumerism and technology. The modern thinker, and author of The Empathtic Civilization, Jeremy Rifkin, studied empathy and the part in play in our modern day society. "We are actually soft wired to actually experience another plight as if it we are experiencing it ourselves" (Rifkin). This is a big discovery into the human heart. To learn that humans are meant to feel empathy and act upon it, is huge and weighs quite heavily in our actions. Slavoj Zizek a modern thinker, think that because of this need to act on our empathy that we have created false ways to battle our need for empathy. "The real aim is to try and reconstruct society on such a basis that poverty will be impossible, and the altruistic virtues have prevented the carrying out of the aim" (Zizek, First Tragedy and Then Frace). What Zizek means right here is that we has humans wish to be empathetic and help those in need, but we have begun to fins ways of only get rid of the burden of empathy upon ourselves without solving any modern issues in our world. Even so, empathy has begun to grow around the world due to mass media which can now connect people easier then ever. Even though we have begun to create a false empathy, there is still hope to create a generation of the most empathic people the world has ever seen. As Roman Krnaric says, another great thinker of our time, "I think that empathy is the way to revolutionize our own philosophy's of life, become more outrospective, to create the revolution of relationship that I think we so desperately need" (Krnaric, The Power of Outrospection). As humans we need our empathy to be fulfilled, and with the realization of our need to give empathy, we as humans can begin to rid our heart's most heavy burden, empathy, and begin to help the world.

In the film Seven Pounds, the human heart is a common theme both physically and symbolically. Seven Pounds truly is the story of the human heart and just how heavy of a burden it can be. The main character, Ben Thomas(Tim Thomas), kills seven people, including his wife, in a car crash that he caused. After the crash, Ben is in ruins, lost in his own despair. At the begging of the film, Ben says this line which really reflects his heart at the present moment, "In seven days, God created the world. In seven seconds, I shattered mine" (Seven Pounds). Ben is a very broken man, so much so that he related himself to God to describe the amount of guilt he has on his heart. We again see here that humans cannot help but feel. Our heart's are burden in the sense that when we least what our hearts to feel, they do. Ben wants to make up for what he has done so that the burden may be lifted. In the film, Ben plans to give his eye to a blind man by the name of Ezra. Ben calls Ezra right before he kills himself in a bathtub and says this, "I had to certain...that you where a decent man. Kind, slow to anger...I want to give you a gift"(Seven Pounds). Ben's need to make up for what he had done is so great that he not only plans to give his eyes to Ezra, but his heart to his love interest Emily. The burden of a heart feeling grief and guilt is obvious in the film, In the film Ben owns a box jellyfish, the most deadly jellyfish in the whole world. Ben kills himself with this jellyfish and in the film it is a symbol of acceptance with death. "I never forgot what he said, that is was the most deadly creature on Earth. To me, it was the most beautiful thing I had ever seen"(Seven Pounds). If looked at carefully, one can see the reflection of Ben's heart int his quote. A heart is a beautiful and deadly burden. We as humans wish for our hearts not to feel, but it is just one of the many beautiful burdens of having a heart.

In the documentary Carigslist Joe, we once again come around to humans actions of empathy. Joesph Garner lives an entire month int he film off of nothing but he goodness and kindness of people, and the internet website, Carigslist. Amazingly enough he does survive and entire month and ends up back home on the 31st of December. On the website of the film it gives a quick synopsis of the film and the meaning behind his journey. "Through his exploration, Joe gained insights into our collective psyche, and took the pulse of an anxious nation teetering on a knifes edge of hope and uncertainty...His experiences raise the profound question about who we are as a society and where we are headed..."(Zach Galifinanakis). The discovery made from this film is that people can take acre of each other and that our need to help is greater then our need to be safe. This can be thought of as a burden of the heart, for sometimes it is better to not get involved with people. But our hearts will not allow it. What is wonderful though is that we are usually glade we listened to our hearts. In the case of the film, it is for Graner, and he came out knowing that people can take care of one another. "...the most inspiring experience of my life. The generosity of people, and like the stories they share,and the connections I've made in one month was so deep...truly inspiring on humanity...to know that we can take care of each other(Graner). The human heart's burden of needing to help and be compassionate it truly a beautiful thing and a bit strange. On his travels Graner really saw just how beautiful of a burden our hearts are. In the film, one of the men that helped Graner says this, "Reality is far stranger then any fiction Hollywood can come up with." (Craigslist Joe). This is very true, for no Hollywood movie could actually portray the kindness and burden of a human heart. It is amazing to be human. Our hearts are a heavy burden that makes us some of the strangest, and most beautiful creatures on Earth.