Oprah just interviewed two of the biggest creative forces on the scene today…James Cameron, who has just rocked the world of cinema with Avatar 3D…it has already, only after 2 weeks, reached over a billion in sales, and took him 4.5 years to complete. He created a language, an entire planet with foliage with individual Latin-rooted names, an entire species, and all tied in with a central message of unity and “seeing one another.” He was inspired visually through his scuba diving exhibitions and spent EVERY day of the past 4.5 years on this movie…he only took a few days off, .5 of a day of that was due to the swine flu! Amazing. Avatar was truly an amazing movie. There is so much symbolism and beauty and emotion in this movie. The message is so powerful and timeless and universal. I love certain lines: “I see you, If you ask me, these tree-huggers don’t deserve any steak, you’re not the only one with a gun, that’s how you scatter the roaches, c’mon let’s make this high and tight, I want to make it home for dinner, If there is a hell, you might want to go there for some R&R.” I love the way they say Jake Sully like Jhek Soooollley” and their accents in general are fantastic…like a cross between French and Native American. I never watch movies twice, but I could probably even go for a round three of this one…AND it’s 3 hours! You gotta watch this one, it’s a MUST SEE!
So, Lady Gaga…I’ve always been a fan ever since I saw her on American Idol and realized that this girl can SANG! She’s got pipes, like opera pipes-type pipes. She can also kill on the piano. She is a classically trained pianist and it shows. She works hard. She’s from NYC and worked her way up through the nyc music scene, performing at the BitterEnd and other venues and now she’s Gaga. She’s got depth to her too. She’s really passionate about her art and she communicates through it. I really love that. She’s not outlandish just to get people’s attention. She happens to grab people’s attention because she is outlandish. She dresses with a message and performs with a story. The shock value is all icing on the cake for her. I love that. As a final message, she simply said on Oprah that she wants everyone to love themselves, do what they want, embrace their flaws, and follow their dreams. I love that. She teared up too, because she said that she understands what it means to feel the pain of not doing so. And she said to have good relationships with your parents…sweet =) In any case, Lady Gaga is doin her thang and is a rare case of someone who truly earns and deserves her fame. Go girl. Be inspired!
