Favorite Disney songs

Disney stories are obvious and boring after all though they offer extravagant, amusing scenes. So I don't like them with a few exceptions.

1. Tale As Old As Time (From Beauty and the Beast)
The story is basically a cliche, but what is timeless is you have to look inside the person, not the appearance. Belle feels that she doesn't fit in the village. There's no one she can really talk to. Instead, she finds pleasure in the imaginative world of books. I'm well aware of this feeling.





 


I hate the docile, dependent female image that Disney princesses instil. I deliberately despise the associated color pink. Go, The Paper Bag Princess!


2. Can You Feel the Love Tonight? (From The Lion King)
Simba becomes a real king by earning his throne after an ordeal. When Simba was a young cub, King Mufasa gave his son a tour of the land, teaching him the responsibilities of a king and the circle of life. The best scene!










 

Poetry (Pablo Neruda)

I've long thought that poetry isn't my thing. They haven't been the things I appreciate. They have been what I have to analyze and decode. Bad consequences I get from school and exams. I should have been free from the old ideas. I didn't have to follow critics' opinions; it's OK to put my own interpretation. A good poem for others isn't necessarily acceptable to me. 


And it was at that age... poetry arrived
in search of me. I don't know, I don't know where
it came from, from winter or a river.
I don't know how or when,
no, they were not voices, they were not
words, nor silence,
but from a street I was summoned,
from the branches of night,
abruptly from the others,
among violent fires
or returning alone,
there I was without a face

and it touched me.

I did not know what to say, my mouth
had no way
with names
my eyes were blind,
and something started in my soul,
fever or forgotten wings,
and I made my own way,
deciphering
that fire
and I wrote the first faint line,
faint, without substance, pure
nonsense,
pure wisdom
of

someone who knows nothing,
and suddenly I saw
the heavens
unfastened
and open,
planets,
palpitating plantations,
shadow perforated,
riddled
with arrows, fire and flowers,
the winding night, the universe.

And I, infinitesimal being,
drunk with the great starry
void,
likeness, image of
mystery,
I felt myself a pure part
of the abyss,
I wheeled with the stars,
my heart broke free on the open sky.

Library scenes

I love libraries. Time is all mine here. I'm in a world apart from the ordinary hustle and bustle. I like the silent, relaxing ambience. My favorite place is usually next to the the windows through which light gets in. I find the muted atmosphere mystical. Something mysterious is likely to take place at any corner of  the endless arrays of stories and knowledge.

1. Love Letter
I like the scene in which the boy is reading a book behind a billowing curtain in the breeze. This seems as if it foreshadows his premature death.
The boy and the girl have one thing in common: the exactly same name. Other students make jokes about them and thus the girl feels embarrassed. The boy checks out lots of hard books that nobody seems to read. The boy's name is written on the borrower's card of those books. It turns out that the name is actually the boy's attention to the girl. How innocent of them!


2. Sungkyunkwan Scandal
Seonjoon and Yoonhee do research together and build up deep trust in each other. The two promising scholars often meet in the library and exchange their opinions. They're concerned about what it is like to live well, and try to practice what they've learned to eradicate societal corruption.

3. It Started with a Kiss
Xiang Qin tags along behind Zhi Shu wherever he goes. Even to the library which is the last place people find her. Zhi Shu doesn't shun her. He enjoys her attention and deliberately controls the physical distance between them. They seem to play a funny hide and seek.

Evocative music

Again the weather on weekend is disagreeable. My psychological mood is pretty much affected by bright sunshine or gloomy clouds. I need music. To soothe myself.
Songs are evocative of memories. Things eventually end up in good old days though they were either pleasant or bitter back then.
Life and landscape in LA were impeccable. Every single day was perfect. I'll never forget those days. Colorful bougainvillea and the blue sky with no cloud. It was like a sweet dream. The city itself is not as fascinating as NY, though. Horizontal LA and Vertical NY. The museums, the Met steps, and the park. I hate cold weather, but I can endure the chill if it's in NY. I wish I could see the green meadow and the festivity of NY in Spring and Summer.
Music makes me feel better on a gray day like this. I'm fond of music with metronome 100. I like it when my heart palpitates in response to the pulsing drumbeat. The smashing sound has to do with something primordial and thus it's thrilling.