Writing and Reading

It popped in my head the more I thought about Christmas. And I thought about one particular film that always rests in my mind as a veritable masterpiece, a work of such creativity that it even stirs me to explore and pay homage to great works. Sort of like the films, “A Knight’s Tale”, a valentine to Geoffrey Chaucer or “Shakespeare in Love”, a wonderful story about, well, yeah, Shakespeare! Taking works and creating something of it is part of writing. Part of literature. I sort of call it the fuel for imagination. Music is the same way.

So I have this one particular scene from the fantastic film, “The Passion of the Christ”. Great scene. The Garden of Gethsamene.

You’ll notice, though, that according to Scripture, there’s no conversation between Christ and Satan at all in the Garden. The Gospels can only be so definite about such things–but it fits the progression of the story really well. For all we know, there might’ve been a very dangerous conversation between Christ and Satan. We don’t know. But I also thought it was genius of Mel Gibson to include bits of the Psalms into Christ’s prayer to the Father. And even the bits of acting literally painted the words of the Bible for us in so many different ways. Satan’s dialogue was particularly chilling. All in all, a fantastic scene–fantastic writing–both biblical and creative. Check it out. And God bless.

You know, after a 4-hour drive from Illinois in the late night, arriving in Grand Rapids–knowing I had only three or so hours of sleep before coming into work this Friday–AND also being surprised at what Freak and Chuck did to my blog while I was away (waves a bat around as the two of them run away scared)–it is most definitely fitting that I post another edition of the MIC (Morning Insanity Channel). Most definitely.

I look and feel like I haven’t showered in days. I can’t eat any breakfast right now because I’m too juiced with caffeine. In fact, I’m sweating caffeine right now. I’m caffeinating. Hey, that’s a NEW WORD! Anyhoo, to better cope with my insanity, I have the wonderful, lovable and strangely alien-blooded Ryan Higa back with another video. Completely necessary. To deal with my insanity. Yes. Enjoy.