May 19th
11:29 PM PST
11:29 PM PST
I think I need to head off for the night. But hugs and prayers for a beautiful friend lunarblue21.
Good night all!
I truly wonder if ads of this sort actually hurt DreamWorks because so many people have admitted to dismissing the film and forwent seeing it in theaters because of how juvenile and silly the marketing made it look.
Wow I could believe that….
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Gosh I see what you mean about your father. I totally understand. Its frustrating when good things like parental authority are wielded against the truth and honesty. Im glad youre ok though. *prays for your family*
"But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, even when we were dead in trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved)"
— Ephesians 2:4-5 (via myroyalsaviour)
inhonoredglory replied to your post: inhonoredglory replied to your post: …
Gosh I see what you mean about your father. I totally understand. Its frustrating when good things like parental authority are wielded against the truth and honesty. Im glad youre ok though. *prays for your family*
inhonoredglory replied to your post: inhonoredglory replied to your post: …
Gosh I see what you mean about your father. I totally understand. Its frustrating when good things like parental authority are wielded against the truth and honesty. Im glad youre ok though. *prays for your family*
anons are so lovely at times since you can pour your heart out to this person with no real face and it’s so liberating at times.
“How do you do that exactly?”
Haha first off, sorry to confuse you! But in the top right of a post when you reblog it, there’s a swirly infinity symbol that when you click on it changes to an option of reblogging as Text or Link or what not. :)
“because at heart, humanity is most attracted to a good story”
Oh yes I definitely agree. It’s the story of Christmas and Easter that would tell anything meaningful after all anyway, and I do think stories and fiction are a lot more influential than some people would give them credit for. Hollywood changed the world, and it’s all because of the power of a good story. Stories engage the heart, and that’s where change happens more often than in the mind. That’s why I want to be a writer in the future, of print or animated or live-action stories, because it really is such an influential medium.
“And not only a human, but a god-man… did the unthinkable and took on our flesh whilst still retaining his intrinsic essence of himself”
Agreed, he’s 100% human and 100% God. It’s really an amazing thing, but it’s not really as unbelievable as I thought it was before. It’s like a father who becomes a President. He’s still a Dad and he’s still 100% president. *stupid example but LOL* But it was definitely the plot twist of history, with the climax being the Cross.
“since I think we keep trying to unconsciously one-up each other in that area XD”
OH MY GOSH. XDDD You’re probably right LOL.
[Haha first off, sorry to confuse you! But in the top right of a post when you reblog it, there’s a swirly infinity symbol that when you click on it changes to an option of reblogging as Text or Link or what not. :)]
Ah I know what that is! I didn’t know that it could change a video into plain text by just changing it to link lol XD
[“because at heart, humanity is most attracted to a good story”
Oh yes I definitely agree. It’s the story of Christmas and Easter that would tell anything meaningful after all anyway, and I do think stories and fiction are a lot more influential than some people would give them credit for. Hollywood changed the world, and it’s all because of the power of a good story. Stories engage the heart, and that’s where change happens more often than in the mind. That’s why I want to be a writer in the future, of print or animated or live-action stories, because it really is such an influential medium.]
They are! Since stories are presented best with being largely shown instead of told, since “Instead, the best way to encourage morality is to model it. Do we want all people to understand what it means to be born again? Well, we can talk about it until we’ve bored them straight into a coma, but we won’t have explained it to them until we’ve lived it. Actions speak louder - and more eloquently - than words. The warning in 1 John 3:18 rings true: ‘Dear children, let us not love with words or tongue but with actions and truth’ The heroism of Bonhoeffer is worth a thousand words. Great authors have understood this throughout the ages. How does one express the inexpressible? How can you teach the deepest truths? Not through syllogisms or essays, but through stories. Bare words can only explain so much; actions describe much more. We learn more about courage by reading about Atticus Finch than reading a thousand dictionaries’ definitions of courage.” J.F. Baldwin, the Deadliest Monster, pg 242. (I highly recommend this book btw)
Like you mentioned, “Stories engage the heart, and that’s where change happens more often than in the mind,” and that’s why stories about sacrifice and redemption and christlike characters are so influential. I love them so much because even if they don’t spell out redemption strongly or emphasise it (though C.S. Lewis admonishes: “What we want is not more little books about Christianity, but more little books by Christians on other subjects—with their Christianity latent.” And that’s how i want my writing to be, since I’m found out for myself that using a bit of language or a bit edgy real life situations does NOT diminish a Christian writer’s work or its impact, and he’s implying that we should write out of our Christian comfort zones in order to speak to people on their level) they still contain the most intrinsic aspects that we humans find ourselves clinging to as a source of hope or comfort. I mean, think of how popular christlike figures like Optimus Prime (the Transformers franchise) and Superman are - because they’re sacrificial and redemptive and christlike, and people are attracted to that in some depths of their souls fundamentally.
Stories reach us at a place that few things can because they feel real. They are real. That’s why horror stories are so potent, because they awaken your fear or insecurity or reveal some horrifying truth about human nature that we’d rather turn away from. See Jekyll and Hyde and Frankenstein. Sorry I pontificate so much about literature and movies and how you can draw spiritual/biblical parallels from them I’ve been doing this for I don’t know how long…. since starting around maybe twelve I think. :)
And yes, like you I want to be a writer for those same reasons! My CI series is going to revolve around deep friendships and family bonds that transcend species and sacrifice and redemption and just so many things… it’s really become an “epic” in the old sense of the word even though I’m just now making it to the end of the first arc with the prequel/origins story to the rest XDDDDD And Beauseant… I’d love to describe Beauseant to you but I dunno you might freak out XDDD
[“And not only a human, but a god-man… did the unthinkable and took on our flesh whilst still retaining his intrinsic essence of himself”
Agreed, he’s 100% human and 100% God. It’s really an amazing thing, but it’s not really as unbelievable as I thought it was before. It’s like a father who becomes a President. He’s still a Dad and he’s still 100% president. *stupid example but LOL* But it was definitely the plot twist of history, with the climax being the Cross.]
See! That’s why stories resonate! It’s because they can point back to the true story of stories in the Bible! And like with any other story, one must suspend their disbelief to appreciate the wonder and beauty and intricacy of that story, which begins all the way back in Genesis and is rife with foreshadowing about God’s plan to make the ultimate sacrifice by sending his only son to retain his godhood and yet be the world’s truest human…. it’s amazing. *can’t breath*
[“since I think we keep trying to unconsciously one-up each other in that area XD”
OH MY GOSH. XDDD You’re probably right LOL.]
Currently I think we’re just tying each other. XD Have you seen the post I had to rewrite three times yet? So much Ice Age and Biblical meta/analysis there :D ;) <3
Haha you know I had to pick the shorter convo here. XD I just scrolled past that other monster and went FACEPALM. LOL, I do still have stuffs to do, but at least I got one, yay!
“Do we want all people to understand what it means to be born again? Well, we can talk about it until we’ve bored them straight into a coma, but we won’t have explained it to them until we’ve lived it. Actions speak louder - and more eloquently - than words”
THIS THIS THIS
It’s only until SOMEONE HAS LIVED THROUGH AN EXPERIENCE can he REALLY know what it means. The awesome thing about stories, especially good ones, is precisely that they *can* add to our personal experiences, and therefore the things we learn from life. That’s why it’s SUPREMELY important that we take advantage of this medium, to show a side to the world that it often hasn’t seen from the mainstream press. There’s so much of life and of our faith that no one knows about in certain segments of society.
“How can you teach the deepest truths? Not through syllogisms or essays, but through stories. Bare words can only explain so much; actions describe much more.”
That book does look good!! Gosh such truth, such beautiful truth.
“And that’s how i want my writing to be, since I’m found out for myself that using a bit of language or a bit edgy real life situations does NOT diminish a Christian writer’s work or its impact, and he’s implying that we should write out of our Christian comfort zones in order to speak to people on their level”
Beautiful goal, and I support you all the way! Writing should reflect real life, because what does a Christian live in? It’s not a fantasy, and like you said, there *are* edgy things in life, there are bad people, good people with bad intents and sometimes bad choices or habits. We can’t deny that in life, and we shouldn’t in fiction. It’s all about how one treats that material. Does he approve of it or not? Hollywood glamorizes language and violence in showing it. The Christian writer/movie-maker should tell a moral point when he uses this, even if it’s just to show that in life things like this do happen. It’s ALL about WHY one does something, even more than the action itself.
“because they’re sacrificial and redemptive and christlike, and people are attracted to that in some depths of their souls fundamentally.”
I do believe it’s in our system to desire such a person. Because in the end we all need God, since He fulfills our deepest need.
“Sorry I pontificate so much about literature and movies and how you can draw spiritual/biblical parallels from them I’ve been doing this for I don’t know how long…. since starting around maybe twelve I think. :) ”
Haha don’t apologize!! :D I love it! I’m not as well-read as you, but I enjoy it. Twelve? Wow, I’d say you are gifted, and you’re going to use that gift for a great amount of good in the world.
“And Beauseant… I’d love to describe Beauseant to you but I dunno you might freak out XDDD ”
Freak out? Whoooo now I’m interested XD
“And like with any other story, one must suspend their disbelief to appreciate the wonder and beauty and intricacy of that story, which begins all the way back in Genesis and is rife with foreshadowing about God’s plan to make the ultimate sacrifice by sending his only son to retain his godhood and yet be the world’s truest human…. it’s amazing. *can’t breath* ”
Gosh. Yes. SO much yes. Really, this is an awesome thing, so awesome that all the literature in the world tries to revive and relive the drama of God’s story, His Story.
10:07 PM
PST
My first HTTYD fanart, a modern-ish Hiccstrid wedding. I published this art on my dA, what do you know, exactly a year ago May 20. Oh the memories.
