moving pictures

i read an interesting article recently about cinema. i saw a really great film tonight. and earlier today i was working on writing a film..

and for some reason lately I have been thing a lot about this short film:


my sister blogged about this film once and i think its because we both agree that this film is so incredibly brilliant! and its brilliant because it succeeds in capturing an emotion that is near impossible to express. and i love the end. i love that she falls in love with life in a simple moment on a bench alone; with a sandwich.

life is crazy. there are always these thoughts that bounce around inside, at least for me. i always think about the past and all decisions made and then i try to guess what's coming and i never can..

"we can only hold so much from what i figure, we try and keep our eye on the big picture- the picture keeps getting bigger".. you have to simplify. this maybe isn't that easy-- and i'm maybe never quite sure how because i feel kind of like, "when i look down- i just miss all the good stuff and when i look up- i just trip over things"

but every now and then i get it right. i fly a kite off of the bellagio parking structure with two of the best people i know. i laugh until i cry with my sister. i go to a "tweeny" show with funny people.. i dance.. i make ceramic umbrellas.. i take myself to the movies.. i unload the dishwasher..

so-
big goal of 2009:
to simplify
and to fall in love with my life at least once a day
(even if i have to do it sitting on a park bench alone.)