{"id":5204,"date":"2014-03-07T01:10:24","date_gmt":"2014-03-07T06:10:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=5204"},"modified":"2014-03-07T04:01:27","modified_gmt":"2014-03-07T09:01:27","slug":"texture-films-and-flowers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=5204","title":{"rendered":"texture, films, and flowers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Three beautiful things from the past week:<\/p>\n<p>1. A blanket of snow lies on the slope alongside the escalator down to the metro station, softening the terraced surface into pleats.<\/p>\n<p>2. Rudi and I saw both <em>Frozen<\/em> and <em>The Wind Rises<\/em> last weekend in our effort to fairly judge among the animated Oscar nominees. Both films were enjoyable, if very different, and the latter was especially moving as it is a biopic period piece set in Japan in the early 20th century. (If you aren&#8217;t a fan of reading your films, there is a dubbed version made with a decidedly Anglo cast, including Joseph Gordon-Levitt, among others. I can&#8217;t speak to it, but it&#8217;s filled with big names, so I assume it would be well-acted, if very white.)<\/p>\n<p>3. <center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/spriteshoots\/12985857024\/\" title=\"Croci by kkfea, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3520\/12985857024_64e1040271.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" alt=\"Croci\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/spriteshoots\/12901460565\/\" title=\"Snowdrops in the Snow by kkfea, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3678\/12901460565_11f6a8eb66.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" alt=\"Snowdrops in the Snow\"><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Outside, I see the first croci of the season and snowdrops in the snow. 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