Wednesday, August 08, 2007

Stranger Than Fiction...

Though attentive to the details of an ordinary life, this film supposes the possibility that ordinary lives do not really exist but that only extraordinary lives exist; sometimes shrouded in the mundane for a time.. they are heroic at last. It's so hopeful. And, in many cases, it's very true.

"Sometimes, when we lose ourselves in fear and despair, in routine and constancy, in hopelessness and tragedy, we can thank God for Bavarian sugar cookies. And, fortunately, when there aren't any cookies, we can still find reassurance in a familiar hand on our skin, or a kind and loving gesture, or subtle encouragement, or a loving embrace, or an offer of comfort, not to mention hospital gurneys and nose plugs, an uneaten Danish, soft-spoken secrets, and Fender Stratocasters, and maybe the occasional piece of fiction. And we must remember that all these things, the nuances, the anomalies, the subtleties, which we assume only accessorize our days, are effective for a much larger and nobler cause. They are here to save our lives. I know the idea seems strange, but I also know that it just so happens to be true. "
...from the script of Stranger Than Fiction

The Snowflake Boxes...


This is the 2006 Christmas Box...
I hope to have some in several colors for Christmas this year...
But this is not THE Christmas box yet...