Today is the Sabbath day, meaning a day of rest. I honestly have been pretty in my head about how to occupy my time today and what I should be doing to properly decompress from the week. After a pretty eventful day, I looked over at my DVD set and saw Arrival, one of my top 5 favorite movies and was like bet. Side-note, ownership is important. Yes I still have DVD's because I refuse to allow my indulgence to be dependent upon a streaming service that will not have the movies I love after a month lol.
Anyways, Arrival is so powerful because it magnifies the importance of love, language, and collaboration. Arrival is one of those films that you just want to experience for the first time again.
There's this amazing breakdown I found on YouTube which outlines some key cinematic elements that inform how the story is told in conversation with broader linguistic concepts. To uplift a quote referenced in the video:
“The limits of my language mean the limits of my world.” – Ludwig Wittgenstein.
Good film and good art in general help expand our language, and therefore our worlds. After watching today I'm left wondering about fate and love. The two main characters undergo a journey of discovering each other. Both are in pursuit of knowledge and a mission, find something much greater between each other.
I'm also fascinated by how our decision making process in political contexts are often driven by fear, which is illustrated on multiple occasions throughout the film. But it is Louise's faith to follow her visions which helped save the world.
As I prepare for the week and the night,
for I know not how much time I have,
I am grateful to have arrived
here
this momentous occasion
not quite a destination
but a place worth pausing.
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