His eyes were as a flame of fire; the hair of his head was white like the pure snow; his countenance shone above the brightness of the sun; and his voice was as the sound of the rushing of great waters
-Doctrine & Covenants 110:3
In Joseph Smith's vision of God, God is depicted like a snow-capped mountain in spring. His head, His mind, contains stored energy, snow, frozen thought, heated by the fires of the sun and melted, transformed into the mighty rushing of great waters that is His voice. He is the God of nature. The God of eternal stasis (immovability of the mountain) and eternal mutability (ever-changing seasons, water cycles, etc.), the interplay of which creates Eternal Life. The Fountain of Living Waters. Stillness, frigidity, and warmth, combine to create energy, eternal delight. The voice of the Lord is action and a source of eternal satisfaction for our thirst, for our longing.
The Lord contains opposites, and created a world of opposition. It's the tension between opposites that produces the energy of creation, the movement of Life.The Lord is still at His center, moving and spinning quickly in His actions and exterior.
Moses sees the Lord as a mountain shrouded in clouds, when he appears on Sinai. The certainty of the mountain and the nebulous unknown of the clouds.
Friday, January 22, 2010
Thursday, January 7, 2010
Top 30 Movies of the Decade!
In no particular order, my 30 favorite films of the decade.
Subject to change without notice.
Subject to change without notice.
Spirited Away/Ponyo
Let the Right One In
No Country For Old Men
Where the Wild Things Are
Pan’s Labyrinth
Bee Season
Synecdoche, New York
Little Otik
Grizzly Man
Saraband
Sita Sings the Blues
The Fountain
Big Fish
My Winnipeg
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
The Fall
The Hurt Locker
The Departed
Up
Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story
Hot Fuzz
Gran Torino
Happiness of the Katakuris/Gozu
Once
The Proposition
Assassination of Jesse James
Happy-Go-Lucky
There Will Be Blood
Blood Tea and Red String
Fantastic Mr. Fox
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