Tuesday, March 5, 2019
Wandering Along the Path: Right Speech
I saw "Gravity" again last night, and I viewed it a bit differently this time. Kudos to Cuaron for using Sandra Bullock's natural sadness and alienation to the advantage of women empowered. Despite the character Ryan's feeling like she needs the MAN to rescue her, he untethers, trusting her to save herself. And she does, once she realizes nobody else can save you, and that she needs now to let go of her grief over the loss of her four year old daughter. Her skills move her instinctively to get to the Chinese station, and from there home. But this time I realized we don't know where she has landed, or if the landing is part of the hallucination, as when Matt seems to come back to guide her in the cockpit for a few moments. The green is strange, there are no people rushing out, and she appears to be giant as she stands there at the end. Will she be picked up and return to Ohio? You have no idea. It's unsettling. It's strange and beautiful and enigmatic. When you let go, the world is wide open with all it's possibilities.
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