I said in my last blog that there would be more.
More about the Wild Woman.
More about giving up all hope that there is room for me in the landscape imagined with a tiny heart.
So now my job is to imagine my own landscape. A landscape imagined with a big heart.
I watched Across the Universe the other night. The Julie Taymor film that uses Beatles songs to tell the story of an era. Boy, does Julie Taymor imagine with a big heart.
One of the most poignant scenes is the one she imagined for the song “Let it Be”. It is sung as a gospel over images of the Detroit riots, the funeral of a soldier (no older than 19) killed in Vietnam, and the funeral of a young boy (no older than 12 or 13) who was killed in the Detroit riots.
There will be an answer. Let it be.
The special features includes the audition of the woman who sings “Let it Be” in the film. Julie tells her to just put all the rage and pain over what happened in that era into the song and let loose.
And she does.
There will be an answer.
Let it be.
She finishes singing. Members of the crew are speechless – no – wordless.
Seeking words of wisdom, let it be.
Julie goes to her, gathers her in her arms, and holds her as she sobs.
Let it be.
So in my landscape imagined with a big heart, hope that things will change is replaced with faith that there will be an answer. It is home for the Wild Woman.
Let it be.
