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2018 Film Festival – Day 4

Movies

Although we were preparing for a House Concert tonight I had time to slip away for a bit this afternoon for a movie.

Meditation Park

Set in Vancouver we meet a Chinese couple, their daughter and her family as they gather to celebrate the husband’s 65th birthday. We soon learn there is an estranged son but we never meet him. When Maria discovers her husband, Bing, is having an affair the rest of the film deals with how she evolves from a loyal Chinese wife and mother to a woman who is a friend to her neighbours and discovers how to follow her own path. One comment in the film describes the “box” she was in at the beginning of the film – when we are young we have to obey our fathers, then when we marry we must obey our husbands. When our husband’s die we must obey our sons.

2018 Film Festival – Day 3

Journal

Faces Places

What a delightful documentary about Agnes Varda, an 88 year old filmmaker, and JR, a 30-something photographer, as they travel through rural France visiting with and filming working-class people. Giant prints of their photos are then hung on various buildings – think barns, blocks of housing units, abandoned towns. They drive around in a van that has a photo booth in the back and out of the side of the van these large blow-ups are spit out.

 

For Dear Life

This wasn’t an easy documentary to watch as it follows the path of one man from his terminal cancer diagnosis, through treatments and his eventual death. It certainly sparked a lot of conversation – both on the way home and I was still talking about it with friends at the theatre the next day.

 

 

A couple of blocks

Journal

Thursday, February 15, 2018

I’m off at the Film Festival but I managed to complete my two blocks for the Guild’s next meeting. Both patterns came from my Block a Day calendar; up to now I’d never made any of the blocks but for the rest of this Guild challenge I will definitely be referring to it. Both blocks will finish at 12″ square.

This block was made completely from the scraps provided in my grab bag. I had to change the pattern slightly to accommodate the sizes of fabric I was given.

This block was made from my own stash – not even from my scrap bins. I had a lot of trouble with it and several of the seams had to be sewn twice (and maybe more if I’m honest). I love the finished block though.