The older I get, certain things in life become clearer than ever before. I am not talking about life purpose or anything like that. The clarity I am speaking of has to do with...well...the rules of the road...the unavoidable laws of life. Some of them are obvious to us, and I have been reminded of just a few in recent days:
-Every month and year seems to pass by faster than the year before.
-Every young adult longs for the freedom of their own place to live...until they have it...and then they long for mom's cooking and laundry services.
-Following your dreams costs you much
-If you do not grow through the pain of your past, you will never be able to get past...the past.
The "rule" that has be ready to write at this moment is hard to articulate, so I will just put it this way: "certain things are better left unsaid." (Is it ironic that it is hard to articulate that?) Perhaps I am the only one that notices this, which is fine, but I am finding all of these moments lately where I engage with friends or peers and there is something there...something between us. Good or bad, it is there. Now I have become a person who is quick to call those things out, it is becoming natural to me. However, I am beginning to wonder if in some situations, things are better left unsaid. An odd tension among co-workers that has no obvious resolution...a noticeable attraction between two friends...a parting of ways...sometimes the things that we feel are the most important to say are the things we are better off not saying.
When i think of this, I think of Lost and Elizabethtown. Lost is currently my favorite TV show and Elizabethtown is one of my favorite movies of all time (if not my #1 favorite). I find myself talking to people about these pieces of entertainment...and if feels useless. I can tell you dynamics of why I think Lost is such a well written show, and I can talk about the originality found in Elizabethtown...but in the end...I can not communicate why these shows touch me like they do.
We (as a human race) are all in search of deep connections. Some of our deepest desires, and deepest hurts and pains are built around this need to be connected to others. I am noticing of late that there is nothing I can do to communicate why Lost and Elizabethtown speak to my soul so much, why I feel like the watching of these things is like the read of a book entitled "all about Cory." All I know is that these things are close to me, because they have touched my soul in a way that few things have, they have brought tangible, visual pictures to the "hard to communicate" places of my heart.
I can't tell you exactly why I like these shows so much, all I know is that when you watch them and connect, you engage in an unspoken dialog with me...over things I have yet to figure out how to articulate.
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It's possible that I understand this because we just talked about it yesterday.
I think I understand it because it is a feeling common to humanity. Relating to creativity (music, film, art, dance, etc.) happens because we're in the image of the Creator, I think. So, the things that speak to us intrinsically, in ways we cannot put words on, are created things, inspired by the Uncreated One.
Anyway, way to be introspective, Cory. I like what you have to say.
And, I understand.
You should watch The Village. Even if you've seen it already, watch it differently this time.
And, you have good taste. Lost and Elizabethtown I have enjoyed thoroughly. What else do you like?
Well, I wanted to leave you a comment... and then I saw my sister's beautifully written comment and I suddenly felt intimidated. :)
Cory, I feel the same way about these two peices of film/tv. You know I do. They seem to some how approach my heart differently than most other things I have seen. Both of them took me by surprise and brought breaths of fresh air to my lungs.
And, just like you talked about, I feel like there is no way to communicate why they are so beautiful to me.
They just are.
I'm reminded of that verse that talks about Mary storing up things as treasures in her heart. When I read that, I think she must have been experiencing something that touched her in such a unique way that she did not even want to try to explain it for fear of cheapening the depth of what she felt. Now, obviously LOST and Elizabethtown probably can't compare to raising the world's savior, but I'm glad that God chose to tell us that she stored special thigns in her heart. Even if it's just to show us how human she was. Even the Lord's mum knew somethings are just left better unsaid.
"But Mary treasured up all these things and pondered them in her heart" Luke 2:19
Cory, Annie and Katie - I think each one of you has articulated yourself and expressed your heart beautifully...I'm feelin' it, for sure! I just love reading you all. Your "realness" is, well, magnetic.
Matt and I watched Elizabethtown this past weekend...and OH! WOW! I found myself SO caught up in it...shaking, crying, laughing, all at the same time. That movie was intense...so LIFE. I loved it. I feel like I could (probably should) watch it everyday...just to take it in, breath it in...then maybe I'd start living my own life and enjoying, embracing the depth of my own pain/joy/whatever...wouldn't that be great...
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