perfect your love
When you have thought it all through and counted the hours you were about to spend on saving yourself, improving the situation, responding to an unforeseen event to make it all right.
Versus the limited days you will have on this earth.
Very little remains, that still needs doing.
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A few months ago, and inspired by the movie The Crow (1994) and studying its meaning and symbolism for weeks, I changed the graphic design of my Canva posts for this series.
Instead of using a photo referring to the subject I was talking about, preferably illustrated with Rock Star references such people with tattoos, artists, musicians or music adjacent visuals such as a studio or a stage;
I did a 180, and switched to Goth inspired.
Initially I used them in the same manner I had done with the Rock Star photos:
To search for a certain topic in the Canva photo database and insert it into my design.
But soon enough my routines started changing.
The change was sparked when I started to use filters, to give the photos a more Gothic look.
And I do not remember the order in which this happened but soon enough it became a layered process, blowing a photo up, using only certain parts, or selecting other photos to fill up the margins with a background image.
And the gamechanger was finding the Remove Background option.
I completely reinvented it and for today’s Canva I used a total of four Canva photos, all filter adjusted and all with their backgrounds removed.
Resulting in a Halloween appropriate image of a witch doing her magic surrounded by graves and a Crow.
Which ignited this shift, months ago.
The Crow (1994) would not have reached its legendary status without the enigmatic Brandon Lee turning this into masterpiece.
It was his unwavering love for the project, where his dedication inspired the whole crew to bring their best game, why we are still talking about this movie today.
The story itself however, did come with a core element that only had to be preserved, polished and highlighted. Not created.
Love.
The story of The Crow (1994) is the story of undying love.
A love that crosses over into the afterlife, and that has the power to bring back the dead.
And it is a good movie to watch in times of turmoil. Because it makes clear that we cannot influence the evil that goes on in the world.
That evil, in many cases, is too strong a force.
As was the case for Eric and Shelly, the young and very Rock Star couple from The Crow, who got murdered for what was basically a fight over real estate at the highest level in which they had no part except being tenants at a coveted location.
It appears to be a Victorian church, once converted into an apartment building. Eric and Shelly rent the corner top floor apartment, right under the roof.
They are murdered on the night before Halloween
“which was called “Devil’s Night” or “Hell Night” from the 1970’s through the 90’s, due to the numerous acts of vandalism and violence across the U.S., particularly in the city of Detroit.”
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Devil’s Night? Raining all the time? Might as well watch The Crow!
The financial backstory to their murder is shown, not told. We see the murderous gang entering their apartment referring to the complaint the couple made, in a team-up with other tenants in the neglected building.
They stood up for their own rights, and the rights of others.
And paid for it with their lives.
And yet, what they actually stood up for, side by side with the other people in their building, was nothing short of love in its purest form.
Throughout the movie we see flashbacks to the couple in love, Shelly’s wedding magazines, and a little girl Sarah who regularly visits them, finding surrogate parents in them.
The love of the couple has permeated everything around them.
And just like them, we may not have the power to change things. Nor to assess correctly all the evil powers at play.
But we do have the power to do the right thing, and to love the ones around us unconditionally.
Brandon Lee died making The Crow, he was hit on set in a firearm accident. Just like his father Bruce Lee, Brandon died young and under unlikely circumstances that had no clear cause and effect.
And just like the character Eric in the movie The Crow, Brandon had also found the love of his life, and died just before he could marry her.
The wedding had been scheduled a week after filming of The Crow would end.
But again, just like Eric and Shelly in the movie, Brandon Lee had given it his all. His relationship, as well as this movie.
Which he brought to great heights, always striving the best for every scene and for the character.
The intense love Brandon Lee had for his life and his work, is what has survived to this day.
The Crow 30th Anniversary Re-Release Trailer (2024)
Or, in the famous last line of the movie:
Buildings burn, people die;
But real love is forever.
Sarah
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~Suzanne Beenackers
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A helpful term could be how do things look from the perspective of financial freedom, or worldly freedom.
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What is the work you love doing, what are the moments big or small, that you know you are aligned. Has God told you, what you’re here for?
This is about creative freedom, or even karmic freedom.
Are you free to do the work, that is yours?
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What is the fullest expression you are here to bring?
And what are the areas you’re playing small, as if cut off from your powers?
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“3” is related to sexual freedom.
Like anything, it is up to you if that is part of our conversation or not.
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