Swoonworthy Things.
Some things I've been drawn into like a glint of light on the ground:
Pan's Labyrinth--The first movie I've seen that truly delves into a child's imagination with such vigor and originality since Amelie, I think. But make no mistake! This is no lighthearted reverie--it's intensely imaginative, detailed, heartbreaking, and gory. Like, so gory that I actually, at one point (when one character must cauterize his own fleshwounds), stood up and ended up swooning briefly, to wake up on the floor outside the theater a few seconds later. I can't really handle lifelike violence very well, but in spite of this, I was so moved by this film. More than any in the past year, save Little Miss Sunshine. One of those movies where some of the humans in it are infinitely more terrifying than any imagined monster lurking in a closet or under a bed. ::shivers:: Go see it.
Middlemarch--What better way to settle into the 15 degree chill than curled up with some George Eliot? Having never really had the pleasure to read such a seemingly unending book of social intrigue since I was a teenager, this one seems to be filling any lingering cravings I'd put off for several years. Some parts of it are so ridiculous, its characters such flawed chickens running around with their heads cut off, that I can't help laughing. Eliot seems to have a skill for shedding some light on the little ticks of the human mind. Good stuff.
Alice Coltrane--May she rest in peace. lofty ideas and tropes in her music. I am without good words to describe it, except that listening to her feels a little to me like eating a long and hearty 6-course meal after a long fast. Satisfying.
John Southworth--Still. Have I ever written of his songs before? Well...they are just about the dandiest things around--each song a world within the sense of something larger. The chords as choosy as a Bach invention, so perfect and tempered, they seem kind of ancient. The uncanny feeling that we've been here before, though we are being introduced to something we've never seen before. So what is the catch? He normally sticks to Canada and overseas, I think. But the upside is he is playing a series of shows in New York this month and the next. Go and see and be spellbound! www.myspace.com/johnsouthworth
It is truly too cold to go outside right now. Hope you're all keeping well and warm.
xox.casey
Pan's Labyrinth--The first movie I've seen that truly delves into a child's imagination with such vigor and originality since Amelie, I think. But make no mistake! This is no lighthearted reverie--it's intensely imaginative, detailed, heartbreaking, and gory. Like, so gory that I actually, at one point (when one character must cauterize his own fleshwounds), stood up and ended up swooning briefly, to wake up on the floor outside the theater a few seconds later. I can't really handle lifelike violence very well, but in spite of this, I was so moved by this film. More than any in the past year, save Little Miss Sunshine. One of those movies where some of the humans in it are infinitely more terrifying than any imagined monster lurking in a closet or under a bed. ::shivers:: Go see it.
Middlemarch--What better way to settle into the 15 degree chill than curled up with some George Eliot? Having never really had the pleasure to read such a seemingly unending book of social intrigue since I was a teenager, this one seems to be filling any lingering cravings I'd put off for several years. Some parts of it are so ridiculous, its characters such flawed chickens running around with their heads cut off, that I can't help laughing. Eliot seems to have a skill for shedding some light on the little ticks of the human mind. Good stuff.
Alice Coltrane--May she rest in peace. lofty ideas and tropes in her music. I am without good words to describe it, except that listening to her feels a little to me like eating a long and hearty 6-course meal after a long fast. Satisfying.
John Southworth--Still. Have I ever written of his songs before? Well...they are just about the dandiest things around--each song a world within the sense of something larger. The chords as choosy as a Bach invention, so perfect and tempered, they seem kind of ancient. The uncanny feeling that we've been here before, though we are being introduced to something we've never seen before. So what is the catch? He normally sticks to Canada and overseas, I think. But the upside is he is playing a series of shows in New York this month and the next. Go and see and be spellbound! www.myspace.com/johnsouthworth
It is truly too cold to go outside right now. Hope you're all keeping well and warm.
xox.casey
posted by Musings at 6:36 AM
2 Comments:
hey, darlin'
I've done a blog just to comment your texts.
I'm happy you like Amelie. It's one of my favorite films ever²!
I'm going to watch and listen the things you said. I do believe in you.
I'm going to study english to understand everything that's here.
kisses, beauty.
I hope I can say: see you.
Oh, I surely hope so.
Alwaaaaaays waiting for you aswer. :)
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