Hayao Miyazaki's Spirited Away. Produced By Studio Ghibli I heard of Studio Ghibli last year when I stumbled on a video essay describing how the soundtrack in all their movies sounds so nostalgic, bringing you into a world that you are certain you belong in. Looking back now, I will say that I didn't understand what this person was referring to until I saw Spirited Away. I was feeling unwell last Wednesday and I had to stay home. In an attempt to kill time and keep me distracted, I turned to YouTube and saw another video essay by SageRain. He was discussing one of the motifs from Spirited Away and I was drawn to the movie. The way the animation looks so well done that I couldn't believe that this movie was released in 2001. When I found out it was a studio Ghibli movie, I realized I had found the perfect thing to do with my time. So I went online to look for Spirited Away, directed by a genius, Hayao Miyazaki. Studio Ghibli is a Japanese animation studio that creates hand-d...
Hey! How has the new year been? Pretty awesome, right? And I thought of what better way to start this year than with a book review. I got to read this book, last year after I read someone’s commentary on the book of Esther which spurred me to look for other stories or commentary about women in the bible. While I was searching for another book, I stumbled on a work of fiction by Francine Rivers(FR), “The Lineage Of Grace” . She did a retelling of this story based on biblical accounts but filling in the outline of those stories with dialogue and helping us take a step back in time and to understand the culture and environment these women find themselves in and how they ended up being the only women mentioned in the genealogy of Jesus. Unveiled: The story of Tamar (Genesis 37:1-38:30). She started the story by giving us a backstory of Judah. Tamar was a Canaanite married to Judah’s son, Er. She was faithful in service to her new family, to the point of embracing t...
I will start by stating this, I am grateful for life. I am grateful for the opportunity to add another year to my life and the experiences the past year has brought me. I believe the need to state the level of my gratitude is borne out of the constant murmuring in my head, and the overarching message from others, “Where you are now is where you once prayed to be”. Source: Pinterest On my 22nd birthday, I wrote a post summarizing my experiences throughout my 21st year. I was truly grateful for where I was and looking forward to what was to come. Around October, I wrote something else that was a sharp turn from the positivity of my birthday message. I was disappointed with what I was seeing and my inability to help myself get better. That became the central theme of 22 which I have termed the age of disillusionment . I am not quite sure what I wanted 22 to be like, I didn’t expect it to be this. Disillusionment (noun). a feeling of disappointment resulting from discovering that somethin...
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