So, I've been gone...if you hadn't noticed. Life has been full and recently I've been camping down at the Oregon State Fair. As you can imagine it's a pretty good place to people watch.
I've been reading so many character creating and writing books and I just can't stop thinking of people as characters. I think I came up with about 7 detailed character sketches from people I've seen over the last few days. I probably won't use very many of them, but some of my main characters for my story came out of inspiration from actual people. Plus it's an interesting exercise.
I'm going to go catch up on laundry. ;-) Thanks for reading, Miss Pickwickian
Inception Directed and written by Christopher Nolan
Rating: 9+ Watch-ability: Very captivating. Impact: 8
Watch Again: A must own. ;-) Recommend It: Yes!
What to Expect
To be amazed. :-)
Faced paced, supremely acted, character, plot, and action driven.
There is some intense action scenes but they are very tasteful and clean. There is some mild language as well. Over all this is a very clean movie, especially for Leonardo DeCarpio.
My Squib
I don't know much to say except that I loved this movie!
I read the World Magazine review when it first came out and immediately wanted to see it. I exercised great self-control and didn't look up a single thing about it. I loved sitting down to a new story and not knowing a single thing about it except that it is good!
It was well worth the wait...even though it was a long one. We saved this movie to start at 11pm Friday night in the IMax theater in Seattle.
Certainly my favorite movie of the year so far (and that's saying something with Alice in Wonderland and Toy Story 3 :-).
Go out and see it if you haven't!
From the Movie
"And I will lead them on a merry chase." ~ Arthur My favorite. :-)
We've been going through an amazing Sunday school class on beauty and the arts. (You can read some about it here.) Our week on "story" was especially inspiring. It's been great. :-)
This past week we also got an awesome sermon on beauty! You should check it out! Beauty in the Bible by Pastor Tuuri
I've been thinking about this a lot. I went back and read a post I did in February, Modern Mediocrity in Christian Art. I think its all mulling around still. There are so many interesting things to read on the subject...and frankly, I feel pretty dumb.
The main thing I understand is...Christians should take the arts seriously! (And that includes writing, by the way.)
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My sister got Josh Groban's original album, Josh Groban, this year for her birthday. We've been listening to it a lot. Really. Like a lot. And that's cool. I like it. Josh Groban is great in his realm. He has a seriously amazing voice and some of his songs are over the top. Love 'em.
But I am not a Josh Groban fan. I think the hype is starting to wear off, but I know a lot of people got turned away from his music by the crazy Grobanite fans. I confess I've been very tempted, but that's a bad reason to ignore a talented musician.
I enjoy how Josh Groban mixes classical and almost opera type quality to some of the pop music he sings. He certainly fills a unique place.
If you've been reading you know I am an Andrea Bocelli fan. :-)
Beka, a dear friend, compared the two singers very well (and she really likes both). Josh Groban is milk chocolate, Andrea Bocelli is dark...at least 72%. Josh Groban is a young man, Andrea Bocelli is da man.
Yeah, anyways... Both have excellent talent.
Here's some videos with some pretty top quality milk chocolate. ;-) These are my three favorite Josh Groban songs.
Sorry about the creepy woman.... Couldn't find another video.
Talk about dramatic? Okay...You are allowed to be made sick by his fans. Gag... This is 2007 in the hype of the Groban craze. Since then I think he's learned a little more grace and humility during stage performance. ;-)
If you can't stand it all, just listen. It's beautiful!
Love this song. Love, love, love! After having said that, I think its a little romanticized... And I don't even like Van Gogh's art. Sister says Vincent is my secret soul mate. ;-) Don't think so...
But I love this song!
Thanks for reading. Hopefully this added some beauty to your day!
