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What is one movie that has changed your life? How?
Posted on Apr 6th, 2007
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Laura
Laura
This is in Response to the Questions and Reflections for April 06, 2007:
There are so many, but one that comes to mind right away is Andy Goldsworthy's Rivers and Tides. His sense of art and his reverence for stone, ice, wood, leaf, and branch inspire me tremendously. I loved watching him work and felt heartened to know that such vision is alive in the world.
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Hi again. This film is right up there for me too. Everytime I watch it I know I'm witnessing pure play. One thing I learned from Andy is that perserverance can still be just play. This film is so quiet it smells like childhood.
Yes. I hadn't quite thought of that, but it resonates for me. Play and work don't have to be antithetical, either, I don't think. and they really shouldn't be, when life is at its richest.
for me R and T is also very much about being here now. the eternal present.
thanks for your commen, Ron!
Rivers and Tides is a very special movie. It is so beautifully, thoughtfully made.
What I find of great value in it, is its understanding of the ephemeral, the constant shifting flow of life and how small things can align to temporarily add meaning or fodder for thought within the larger context.
yes, anne. the rest of his work captures that too but the film shows it in a much more fluid, dynamic way because of the medium, i think.