Saturday, April 12, 2008

One more thought on American Beauty

Recall Ricky Fitts's video of the empty white plastic bag, spinning and dancing on the breeze. We twice watch this video in the course of the film, and it is beautiful, but keep thinking about it. Would this bag be beautiful if it still had purchased items within it? No, it would be weighed down, lifeless, perhaps twitching pathetically in the breeze but nothing more. Only when the merchandise, the things are removed, only then does it achieve the lightness necessary to rise, to spin, to dance and be sublimely beautiful.

Keep yourself light. Always.

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