Character

{60} Movies Seen This Year - 4 ½ Stars

 My first instinct was to doubt this would work. A journey through someone’s life with barely any words and o physical changes? It sounds like the kind of artsy stuff that I don’t really like.

From the moment it started, and the character was a born I truly saw that newborn baby and from then on I was sold.

It’s a beautiful lifetime story in just 25 minutes, filled with things that make up life; love, pain, regret, loneliness, dancing, going in circles, repeating things without noticing. Impossible not to cry.

Please set aside some time to get back on track to where you like the person you are. Consistently seeking validation from other people is a slow-motion car crash of doubt and heartbreak, plus it really hurts the other person.

The deity depicted in this statue is actually one of the Seven Lucky Gods, or Shichi Fukujin. (Read about them here, and here)

His name is Hotei, the God of Happiness and Abundance! A jolly fellow who is said to grant happiness and luck if you rub his belly.

The Son of Man by René Magritte, 1964

Landslide by Fleetwood Mac except it’s playing through your car’s old radio cassette player as you drive alone through the desert at night. As far as you can tell, the nearest human life has got to be wherever that distant thunder is rolling in.