Restless

As you may have realized by now, I watch a fairly substantial amount of movies. Not all are good, of course. Some are really bad and not worthy of mention. Some provide great entertainment but leave you the moment you close your TV set. And then, there are those movies, who, without necessarily being Oscar-worthy, stay with you. Haunt you-in the best of ways. Restless is one of them. It starts off quite slowly and is, by all accounts, quite strange. But it slowly becomes a great metaphor for love and an ode to life. I've been thinking about some of the dialogues all week. Death is never an easy subject to approach but Gus Van Sant did it beautiful. Watch it. Get inspired. And rejoice in the fact that you are alive and kicking. xox

"There’s this kind of songbird that thinks it dies every time the sun goes down. In the morning when it wakes up, it’s totally shocked to still be alive, so it sings this really beautiful song.”—Annabelle


“As I write this letter, the ocean breeze feels cool on my skin. The very ocean is soon to be my grave. They tell me I will die a hero, that the safety and honor of my country will be the reward for my sacrifice. I pray they are right. My only regret in life is never telling you how I feel. I wish I were back home. I wish I were holding your hand. I wish I were telling you that I have loved you and only you since I was a boy. But I am not. I see now that death is easy. It is love that is hard. As my plane dives, I will not see the face of my enemies. I will only, instead, see your eyes. Like black rocks frozen in rain water. They tell us that we must scream, “Banzai” as we plunge into our target. I will instead whisper your name and in death, as in life, I will remain forever yours."