Wow! I saw an amazing film last night - "Beasts of the Southern Wild". It is impossible to explain, as it is part allegory, part magic realism, and part political. It made my hair stand on end. The acting by the two leads is extraordinary, one of them a six year old girl. She and the man who plays her dad are dazzling, and neither ever acted before. The imagry is powerful, and the subject - these marginal people on the absolute fringe of society at the levees in Louisiana, is important and transcends time and place. It's a terrific film.
I received news from my friend that her brother is dying, and my heart is full with her upcoming loss. He is a funny, sweet guy, and he's handled his dying so beautifully, so tenderly, that it has affected all of us with his model. Now it is the end, and friends surround him, and his sister will soon be there. Her parents are long dead, and now she will be the only survivor, for a while of her nuclear family. Luckily, she has two daughters, and three grandchildren, and she knows full well life goes on, but it must be strange and disorienting. I'll be praying for them all.
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