I am listening to the score of The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe. When I watched the film for the first time I didn't think much of the music, but in subsequent viewings it grew on me. I suppose I was expecting 'Lord of the Rings' when this was an entirely different animal. Now that I own the soundtrack I'm totally convinced that this was the perfect style for that movie. In fact, even in view of general listening it's gone up in my estimation. In my Windows Media Player rankings The Lion has more 4 and 5 star tracks than any other album, including (gasp) The Lord of the Rings.
When I started this post I was listening to 'The Wardrobe', and it got me thinking about how many times I've wished (perhaps even hoped) that one day I would turn a corner and discover that I wasn't "in Kansas anymore, Toto." And it hasn't been confined to just a few 'wardrobe knocking' episodes as a child - I still at times get the feeling that (though unlikely in the extreme) it could be possible to stumble into another universe. Now I've hung around long enough to know that I'm no weirder than most people; I'm fairly sure I'm not alone in this. There will be others who are familiar with the half-expectation that the preternatural could quietly ambush one at any time. The odd thing is, it isn't a scary thought. As much as humans dislike change and cling to securities there's something in many (perhaps all?) of us that feels that this world isn't quite the right place to be - like knowing that you have an appointment with a friend sometime soon, but you can't remember when or with whom. Let the materialists reason that one away if they will. There is a simple explanation: I think that we all do have an upcoming appointment with another dimension. And contrary to popular opinion I believe it's important to be prepared and not just sludge or fritter our way through life until the inevitable falls on us. It's all very well to get to Narnia - but when you get there, there will be work to do. The term will be over and holidays begun - but any school child knows that the best vacations are the ones when they played their hardest.
2 comments:
I agree with you when you said "many (perhaps all?) of us that feels that this world isn't quite the right place to be"
I think I should be on a planet in 19th century England that has computers.
C.S. Lewis often talked about his books in relation to the sense of unbelonging we all feel in this world.
"We were made for something greater", Jack would often say.
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