tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14986746.post6694762932333334156..comments2023-06-30T07:19:03.441-07:00Comments on The Golden Ass: The Twilights of TearsJason Hesiakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12628162727207930087noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14986746.post-4628187130694403152007-07-07T19:41:00.000-07:002007-07-07T19:41:00.000-07:00Interesting. I wonder...if he father HAD taught h...Interesting. I wonder...if he father HAD taught him the secret, would he have continued to push to greater feats? Or would he have simply replicated what he father taught? I find it interesting that he was basically, literally, PUSHED by physical hunger and spiritual lonliness to even attempt the feat. AND that, whether he did or did not accept the challenge, it was his very LIFE that was at stake.Jason Hesiakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12628162727207930087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14986746.post-40562322126649722402007-07-06T21:32:00.000-07:002007-07-06T21:32:00.000-07:00And why did I not acknowledge the anger? If his fa...And why did I not acknowledge the anger? If his father had taught him, he wouldn't have been so worried during the whole ordeal... but he also wouldn't have known what he was capable of accomplishing as a creator. So he might also have been angry if his father <I>had</I> taught him the secret.john doylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05484728969355294193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14986746.post-19822372203420081622007-07-06T20:29:00.000-07:002007-07-06T20:29:00.000-07:00Yeah, that is interesting. I felt too as though a...Yeah, that is interesting. I felt too as though a large part of it was the energy that had gone into making the bell...and what he finally accomplished. But then at the end...I realized that the whole time...he was being mean to people and laughing saying "what if it doesn't ring"...because he was so nervous and anxious. At the end it seemed like the bit of actual anger finally came out...with the rest of it. I felt like there was anger, joy, release...so much all at once. That's why it was so powerful, I felt. But yes...I find it interesting that that's what I decided to mention with my words, while leaving the other part out. I tried to sort of convey all the energy that went into the film and into the audience in general...but even still...why did I focus on the anger there?Jason Hesiakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12628162727207930087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14986746.post-22620858027643795912007-07-06T20:18:00.000-07:002007-07-06T20:18:00.000-07:00The part where the bellmaker's son cries... You sa...The part where the bellmaker's son cries... You say it's because he was mad that his father didn't tell him the secret. I remember it more as his being overwhelmed at the amount of sheer physical and emotional energy he had expended, and astonished that he actually succeeded through sheer creative instinct/inspiration rather than having been taught. A kind of ecstatic and exhausted joy. Interesting contrast in our two perspectives.john doylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05484728969355294193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14986746.post-54915281023794739052007-07-06T19:05:00.000-07:002007-07-06T19:05:00.000-07:00Hey, thanks man :)Hey, thanks man :)Jason Hesiakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12628162727207930087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14986746.post-87995489005269281922007-07-06T18:59:00.000-07:002007-07-06T18:59:00.000-07:00A beautiful meditation, Jason.A beautiful meditation, Jason.john doylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05484728969355294193noreply@blogger.com