Book and Heart

Beautiful night (that sunset!), lovely space (those lamps!), good company (Kayla and her mom), and a great “text” (old books, young people, sweet music)

I loved the themes:

• children encountering the unknown, their shared explorations, their quick wits which foil the best-laid plans of those trying to guide/mold/constrain their adventures
• the paradoxes of literacy: denial to some, forced feeding to others, its roles as cultural propaganda, subversive art
• the way texts expand beyond themselves in their readers, especially children, who don’t hesitate to engage, become co-creators
• books as objects which become tattered and torn as they age in the hands of those who love them (the Velveteen Rabbit)
• books as rare objects to be saved and protected (libraries!)
• the oral and the written and Fahrenheit 451!
• the gorgeous simplicity and intricacy of woodcut printing
• the role of the image in print and in film

The only sour note the empty beer bottle rolling and rattling down from behind us -- sophomoric moment -- we can all thank Kayla for her deft catch! i was distracted and plan to see this film again -- good texts always welcome you back for more :)