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About This Author
My name is Joy, and I love to write.
Why poetry, here? Because poetry uplifts its writer, and if she is lucky enough, her readers, too. Around us, so many objects abound to write about. Once a poet starts with a smallest, most trivial object, he shall discover that his pen will spill out what is most delicate or most majestic hidden inside him. Since the classics sometimes dealt with lofty subjects with a lofty language, a person with poetry in his soul may incline to emulate that. That is understandable. Poetry does that to a person: it enlarges the soul and gives it wings. Yet, to really soar, a poet needs to take off from the ground.
 
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Everyday Canvas
"Failure is unimportant. It takes courage to make a fool of yourself."
CHARLIE CHAPLIN
Sometimes it takes darkness and the sweet
confinement of your aloneness
to learn
anything or anyone
that does not bring you alive
is too small for you.
David Whyte
This is my supplementary blog in which I will post entries written for prompts.
January 16, 2019 at 11:03pm January 16, 2019 at 11:03pm
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Prompt: "My guiding principles in life are to be honest, genuine, thoughtful and caring." Prince William Do you agree with Prince William?
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Do I agree with what Prince William says about himself?  I wouldn’t know exactly if the Prince is really honest, genuine, thoughtful and caring, but since he says these are his guiding principles, I’d take his word for it. My impression of him, from what the media reflects, is very good, though.
Since he is a prince and is in a leadership position (and he might become a king sooner or later), I think his basic guiding principles need additions, such as: seeking excellence in his endeavors, challenging himself always, being a coach, partner, or a mentor to those who seek his advice, being self-aware and checking his ego often, helping talents in the kingdom to succeed.
Yet, Prince William’s basic guiding principles are good for me, too; although, I would like to be following those and other high ideals without being conscious of them or voicing them openly. Those things should become parts of me like my skin or internal organs, and I don’t really talk about my skin or internal organs, do I!
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January 16, 2019 at 11:48am January 16, 2019 at 11:48am
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Prompt: What Hollywood classic movie remake would you like to have the leading role in?
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This is a tough question. As much as I jiggle the idea in my mind, I can’t come up with a female leading role I’d like to do. All that I like are the male leaders.  This doesn’t say much about how Hollywood has treated the females, does it!
Yet, I always liked Hitchcock’s movies, in which case, maybe Grace Kelly’s role as Lisa in the Rear Window would be great. I thought she was very real, plus stylish, elegant, and courageous there. Now if I only looked like her! Still, as Hollywood goes, in this movie, too, women are shown as impossible-to-ignore sex objects, both the murdered woman and Lisa, but only at first glance.
I liked Lisa’s taking the helm here with her relationship with Jeff (James Steward) when she brings Jeff dinner and later, makes the first romantic move, inviting herself over to dinner and spending the night. Then, she is the one to go snooping in the murderer’s apartment, risking her life.
In this movie, as a whole, although the gender roles agree with the general consensus of the time, Lisa has the more active role than Jeff, while Jeff with a leg broken is shown as a weak and immobile man, even if with an active mind and stubbornness of character, who is isolated and helpless (however temporarily).
I liked this movie a lot when it first came out because it was a love story as well as a murder mystery with Hitchcock producing it to make sure every detail is attended to and every supporting character perfectly portrayed. Thinking about it, I find lots of metaphors and symbols in it, which today’s moviemakers seem to miss.
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