A simply beautiful song, about simple beauty; things that are too often overlooked, things that are often right in front of us or around us, or things that we dismiss because we cannot find a deeper meaning. Usually, I thrive on meaning - on narrative and cause and effect. I am guilty of dismissing things like beautiful photographs with great angles and details that have no story to tell.
And then I stumbled across this song, having not seen Pocahontas for years... Of course I know the story, vaguely, but the song itself, divorced from its narrative, was enough to grab my attention and beat at my heart. While the lyrics get quite specific, the music and the animation are magical. This is exactly the sort of thing that reminds me just how powerful the medium is.
As I wonder what path to take, I realise that there is a time and place for brutal documentaries, for metaphorical fictions, for romantic comedies, and also, for things short and sweet and beautiful.
There is so much genius out there, to be able to make you feel the way you do when you just watch something - such a passive thing...
"You can own the earth and still all you'll own is earth until you can paint with all the colors of the wind."
Phwoar. I get shivers every time.
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