"Falling Slowly" Wins Academy Award

I'm so glad that Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová won an Oscar for their music in the movie Once! They sing of HOPE ... looking past the suffering & despair, focusing on the beauty of what IS and the hope of what CAN BE. It's beautiful to see the Irish & Czech hearts singing together to bring hope to the struggling artists all over the world, to keep looking up and believe. Once is a beautiful movie and their story is amazing as well ... just ordinary people passionate to share their hearts of love, of beauty of hope.

I hope you are honored tonight.
Thank you for sharing your voice!

The Masculinity of Sacrificial Love

I think both of these videos do a great job of visually capturing the essence of self-sacrificial love ... love that perseveres, that won't give up, that will do to all lengths to extend the love of the heart. I think it's the masculine heart in full ... willing to lay down it's life for another, willing to face evil hordes in battle, willing to endure pain & suffering for another. I think some of it has to do with the battle that many men long for. It gives them life inside - even when they're facing death. There is also honor in dying for another, in fighting to protect life, freedom and what is beautiful. ... It's a beautiful wonder to see men giving their lives for another.

These videos have very different flavors of that love, but I think there's a common thread between them - especially visually. I find beauty in the depth of their love - the passion of a man's heart fully alive, serving another when it's painful, willing to face their own death so that another may find LIFE.

Aqualung - Pressure Suit

Foo Fighters - The Pretender

Rock on!

The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian

I've been reading "The Chronicles of Narnia" by C.S. Lewis for the first time, and I'm really enjoying them. I haven't enjoyed reading that much since jr. high - when we had to stop at every chapter and evaluate every little detail. It's been a long time since I've read for pleasure ... and now I've been getting back into it with "The Monument" by Gary Paulsen and "The Chronicles of Narnia" by C.S. Lewis. I love how imaginative the Chronicles of Narnia are. They're richly creative and I can sit reading for hours without noticing the time fly by.

I look forward to seeing Prince Caspian as a movie too. I think they did a great job with "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe." I do enjoy the books - since I have to use my imagination to see the fantastic worlds - but the movies are awesome too!