A persons favorite movie speaks volumes about their character. I've dug into my new and old favorite movies to find that common theme and I am both surprised and not surprised in the least to discover that the movies like Stranger Than Fiction, Arthur, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, and The Village all contain a common simplicity that I seem to cling to. The characters learn to live and take hold of their lives, to have adventures and value the simple joys, and to express and live for the simple yet deep truths in life.
Harold fights back against complacency and learns to take hold of life. He learns to treasure the simple joys of baking, playing guitar, watching old movies, and being lazy with someone.
Arthur demonstrates a childlike innocence and simple expression of love. He demonstrates an illogical sense of adventure.
Ferris teaches us to not think so hard. To have adventures and play like a child.
Lucius shows a simple mindset and moral fortitude behind maturity and silence.
They're about the simplicity of love and the childlike nature of adventure. That's what I value and that's what I love, but that's not what I am. I am the vivacious woman behind each of those men. The baker, the writer, the student, the laugher. And I have to give props to those women because they stuck with their men that are so easy to admire and so difficult to walk alongside.
11/19/11
That's what love is! Walking along someone for what makes the journey easy, and for what makes the journey more difficult.
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