Of course, the passage I am going to quote has nothing to do with my blog! Something I was reading tonight brought this passage to mind. I have always loved the movie, Field of Dreams, and loved this part....
"Ray, people will come, Ray. They'll come to Iowa for reasons they can't even fathom. They'll turn up your driveway, not knowing for sure why they're doing it. They'll arrive at your door as innocent as children, longing for the past. "Of course, we won't mind if you have a look around," you'll say. "It's only twenty dollars per person." They'll pass over the money without even thinking about it; for it is money they have and peace they lack.
And they'll walk out to the bleachers, and sit in shirt-sleeves on a perfect afternoon. They'll find they have reserved seats somewhere along one of the baselines, where they sat when they were children and cheered their heroes. And they'll watch the game, and it'll be as if they'd dipped themselves in magic waters. The memories will be so thick, they'll have to brush them away from their faces.
People will come, Ray."
Sunday, February 22, 2009
Field of Dreams
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Kinsella's story strikes on a universal truth and in the telling builds to these passages, so beautifully delivered by The Voice. Each element of the story is about reconciliation, and the need we have to embrace it. It is a flawed person who does not identify with what is said here. All of us get lost in life, from time to time. It is embracing the memories he speaks of that enables us to recover who we are. With it comes the strength to mend the things that frayed while lost. In the world of movies, this is perfection. Not too bad in life either. W
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