Renascence

I have very much appreciated Ked's renewed energy for life and his comments on media and re-discovering his passions.

At the moment, it's 11:45 pm, and I've not been able to sleep. I just read the Andrew Stanton interview Ked referenced, and found it inspiring. I deeply hope that Pixar will continue to hold the banner of standards which they now wave. One notable thing that stood out for me that was referenced in that article was the fact that Pixar takes on complicated themes. The Incredibles, for example, values achievement over fairness. Life is not fair. Everybody knows that. What is important is that everybody is encouraged and has drive to achieve in his own frame. That is not a popular theme to preach these days. The themes these directors take on are current, valid, and important. Even better to put them in movies for children so as to give parents a frame of reference for teaching their children.

I may have mentioned this here before, but I set a fairly lofty goal at the beginning of the year to be in a house by the end of the year. This has caused me to be extremely focused on working to get a financial hold, which I still think is important, but I seem to have lost some perspective, and I'm feeling a bit disconnected from something (don't know exactly what) that is very important. Perhaps this reminder about love being the most important thing is a key to the problem. Should we not make the most important thing, Love, central in everything we do? How can I make Love part of my current and future goals, even if those goals include earning money? We look up to Andrew Stanton for making Love central to his work in media. I've been recently feeling a rekindling desire to get back into music, will I be a better, or at least more useful, artist if Love is what drives my craft? Will we as a group be successful (read: successful != rich) if Love drives us, whatever happens?

How do we do that?

Unanswered questions.

Beginnings.

p.s. "!=" is programmerspeak for "not equal to". For some reason "!" means "Not". I don't know why.

WALL-E and Love

After watching WALL-E for the second time I became interested in looking up the writer. Andrew Stanton has been involved in all of Pixar's productions and joined as writer/director for the latest feature.
In watching WALL-E I was fascinated with the feeling I had. There seemed to be so much love and emotion in it. It was so pure and beautiful.
I have been doing some writing and research on purposes of media. The ultimate media comes from God and the media that comes from Him, whether it be Holy Ghost or the Word through scripture is given to us because He loves us. Love is very key in all our Father does.

Then I found an interview with Stanton. Check it out. It is quite amazing.

Pixar, or at least some of the folks there, are tremendously ahead of the game as far as righteous media goes. It almost makes me envious, but more pleased. I just hope they don't take all the good ideas. I want to join in the fun as well.