Tuesday 6 October 2009

Bluebird by Edward Shearmur

I love K-PAX, which this is taken from. I challenge you to find anything other than peace in this. Anyway, this is especially for Anna, who found her own bluebird, just recently.

7 comments:

Ana said...

Thank you Matt!
How did you know that I needed this right now?
:)
Love,
Ana

Yes, the blue bird. I loved your comment.

Radagast said...

I didn't! But, then, who couldn't do with a bit of extra peace in their lives? Funny thing is, Howie's bluebird of happiness is everywhere, once you start looking.

Matt

Ana said...

Hmmmm... I believe you are reading Schopenhauer and you changed art to the bluebird.
:)
Ana

Radagast said...

LOL - I only wish that I'd read Schopenhauer. Ever!

Matt

Ana said...

Schopenhauer is not difficult Matt.
Read Wikipedia and jump in.
LOL

He says that life is boring and art is a way to cope with it.
:)

Radagast said...

Well, he may well be right! "Life," as prescribed by others, moves very slowly, and not terribly satisfactorily, for the most part, I find!

I was watching K-PAX last night, for the umpteenth time, as it happens. There was a poignant moment, which I hadn't noticed, before, when Bessie, who had been mute up to that point, tells Prot "I know who you are... You're the bluebird." It reminded me of that scene in "To Kill a Mockingbird," when Atticus tells Jem that it's a sin to kill a mockingbird. Jem later engages in a piece of zoomorphism similar to Bessie's, when he decides that Boo Radley is just such a mockingbird.

I suppose the thing is that there are no constraints with art; or very few, anyway. One may go pretty much anywhere one's imagination feels inclined to permit.

Matt

Ana said...

As long as you use your imagination it's fine!
:)