Sometimes… we live a knot, and fall upwards…

Welding watery wonders wounds warrens wonderfully. Alice in Wonderland by all means… What about the Pans Labyrinth? 

not but the knot of the know-ledge

 leverage lending lousily loyal loyal to those who seek another who seek a knotter

 of faith of life out of the colorably measures of ones own passage of time: 

a hobby of the mind a hobbit well to pass, 

the past  

the morning it last 

 as it goes as it flows it just moves and returns 

not to compare but to save and find the suffocating leisure of trust

 beneath the hole the one that sobs 

and cries 

for lost to be but found to be but crossed in the intersection  

of what is love what is to live what is what is 

death and life 

somehow lost and somehow found 

 in the midst of desperation in the midst of realization

  of horror of prank of lively matters of fact 

which one solely weaves  for somber matters of the shadow that craves. 

 Is one’s own life that chooses the patterns of clams,  

calamities of imagery 

of imagination 

of the coloring shadows of life 

one who has forgotten light till it dawns down there 

down there beneath the hole, down there on top of such

 that what’s down what’s up, what’s crucial just for us. Here. 

 Because here is where it only makes sense and here 

where it only is real.

There’s a loom for every story, every story has its loom. Interweaving our storylines with this art is of a thin line among all tonalities out for our disposition. To choose certain hues within a spectrum of rationality and emotionality is what we are now to clarify.

The shades from where Pans Labyrinth is interwoven delineate crossroads and fill in somber bifurcations. Delving into the fantasy genre and taking a glimpse into what are considered indie films we see del Toro’s piece of art… art in its own way of course.

Somber. Dark. Obscure. “A dark fairytale” is certainly what it is… where a girl weaves with her imagination a magic reality parallel to that of the Spanish Civil War. Duality. That is basically the reasoning behind most of the motifs present in his film; beauty and brutality, evil and innocence.

Happy ending? I wouldn’t know… You see when one seeks salvation from the crepuscular entrails of existence, imagination might take hold of the premises one had sought to follow and with that continue to derail from the crest of solace. For assertions like such circumvent patterns of propositions of light. All because since the very beginning there was something to escape from, to build something thereafter, to transit elsewhere, to move away from. However, to move away from point A to point B? I wouldn’t want to say so… I don’t want to hold captive del Toros’ vision within limited confines like that one. Nevertheless, the point here is to consider the dual nature of his film without the least of intentions to consider at the same time the constant transgression but at the same time innovation of del Toro’s own trademarks as director, because that would require a different process of analysis and would most likely present as a deviation from the purpose of this post (but if you’re interested feel free to check out this article).

Yesterday I watched the film for the first time. I had heard of it before. In fact, my brother taught me how to play the lullaby in piano long long time ago. I remember how the very first time I heard its notes, the tonality transmitted a sense of dullness and melancholy. I didn’t want to watch it back then. But up till recently it came around once more and after a word of recommendation I decided to watch it. This film is a great example of a loom I choose not to weave. The colors this film weave those of struggle with which sometimes we tend to create knots, and others to fall upwards… I’m choosing a different canvas for our Film. I invite you to continue this journey with me and find how we can make justice to the Ethereal element of the genre.

Related links:

Movies.The Observer: The guardian.com. 2006. Mark Kermode."Pain should not be sought, but should never be avoided". Visited on March 24, 2016 from: http://www.theguardian.com/film/2006/nov/05/features.review1

Pan's Labyrinth. Accessed on March 24, 2016 from: http://panslabyrinth.co.uk/