Love, Peace, Hugs & Blessings, dearest Friends--- ~*~Marion~*~
"I moved toward the Yew tree. The ancient branches grew almost to the ground. I pushed aside some leafy obstacles and disappeared into the tree's shadow...underneath the branches, the air was cool and dim, a sanctuary in its own right. I moved closer to the tree's enormous trunk. It was close to four feet across and had split wide open with age. I'd read somewhere that once a Yew tree get that old, it didn't actually need the trunk to survive and so the trunk decays and becomes hollow. I could certainly identify."~From: "Jane Austen Ruined My Life" by Beth Pattillo, Page 56
I watched the amazing movie, "Phoebe in Wonderland" last week. The photo above is from a scene out of the movie. Elle Fanning gives an awe inspiring performance as the troubled, fantastical Phoebe who won't - or can't - follow the rules. Confounded by her clashes with the rule-obsessed world around her, Phoebe seeks enlightenment from her unconventional drama teacher, even as her brilliant but anguished mother, played by Felicity Huffman, looks to Phoebe herself for inspiration.
Her mother is writing her disseration on "Alice in Wonderland", and firmly believes in letting children develop and live out their free, creative imaginations in their lives. But does Phoebe know the meaning of limits or is there something deeply wrong with her which the family refuses to face? I won't give it away, but it is a wonderful, beautifully filmed movie. I came away from it with the profound quote below which Phoebe was told by her spirited, free-thinking, never normal drama teacher, Miss Dodger played eloquently by Patricia Clarkson. I highly recommend this movie. It's a keeper.
And here is the amazing quote:
"At a certain point in your life---probably when too much of it has gone by---you will open your eyes and see yourself for who you are, especially for everything that made you so different from all the awful normals. And you will say to yourself, "But I am this person." And in that statement, that correction, there will be a kind of love."
"The playwright Eugene O'Neil in 'The Great God Brown' said, "Man is born broken. He lives by mending. The grace of God is glue," So maybe life isn't about finding a cure but instead discovering what it takes to keep ourselves together, to mend ourselves so we can go on and live life to the fullest." ~From: "On The Couch" by Lorraine Bracco, page 283
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