Julie & Julia... here's to inspiration!
Sep. 16th, 2013 12:03 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sinkwriterI just finished watching Julie & Julia. I love how it balances two different but similar stories all in one film. I love that movie.
I love Meryl Streep. She can do anything, can't she? I think she could convince me she's a robot, or an alien, or a Russian mobster, or anything... she's just so good at enveloping the character and making you believe. She did such an amazing job portraying Julia Child.
And Amy Adams was wonderful as well. I love her side of the story because 1) she plays a writer, which appeals to me, 2) she plays someone who is beautifully, painfully human, someone who is a good, interesting, funny person who's trying to accomplish something but at the same time makes mistakes and isn't perfect, which also appeals to me because I can relate to that (the complicated mix of personality that makes up a person, good and bad, smart and foolish, thoughtful and clueless, lovely and imperfect), and 3) she makes me want to try harder and experiment and take chances.
Actually, both stories -- Julie Powell's and Julia Child's -- inspire me in that way. Both women took chances and stepped outside of their comfort zones and dared to TRY something new. And found that they loved it, and were meant to do it.
I want that. I want that. I wonder what I could do to actually use this inspiration, rather than simply feeling it. To channel it into an actual project of some sort. I want to dare to try, I want to have fun experimenting, and I want to find my niche.
Every time I watch this movie, I am inspired all over again, to try something new, to try something creative and fun, and see what happens.
Do you have something or someone in your life who inspires you like that? That makes you want to do more and be better? Tell me about it. :)
I love Meryl Streep. She can do anything, can't she? I think she could convince me she's a robot, or an alien, or a Russian mobster, or anything... she's just so good at enveloping the character and making you believe. She did such an amazing job portraying Julia Child.
And Amy Adams was wonderful as well. I love her side of the story because 1) she plays a writer, which appeals to me, 2) she plays someone who is beautifully, painfully human, someone who is a good, interesting, funny person who's trying to accomplish something but at the same time makes mistakes and isn't perfect, which also appeals to me because I can relate to that (the complicated mix of personality that makes up a person, good and bad, smart and foolish, thoughtful and clueless, lovely and imperfect), and 3) she makes me want to try harder and experiment and take chances.
Actually, both stories -- Julie Powell's and Julia Child's -- inspire me in that way. Both women took chances and stepped outside of their comfort zones and dared to TRY something new. And found that they loved it, and were meant to do it.
I want that. I want that. I wonder what I could do to actually use this inspiration, rather than simply feeling it. To channel it into an actual project of some sort. I want to dare to try, I want to have fun experimenting, and I want to find my niche.
Every time I watch this movie, I am inspired all over again, to try something new, to try something creative and fun, and see what happens.
Do you have something or someone in your life who inspires you like that? That makes you want to do more and be better? Tell me about it. :)
