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One of the reasons the TV series Witchblade got me were all the little moments of beauty dropped into the landscape or moving with the characters. The statues. The red roses against the snow. The flash of fingers touching from the Sistine Chapel when the Witchblade latches itself to Sara’s arm. The paintings of St. George which appear as Sara rides her motorcycle.

Such moments are all rich in other series I love and obsess over. The TV series Hannibal. The anime Revolutionary Girl Utena. The manga X/1999. Manifestations of roses, antlers, something ordinary becoming something magical. Perhaps this something appears when a character says something simple yet has many layers.

I can’t get enough of these flourishes. This is why I watch or read these series again and again, gleaning inspiration each time I do. Sometimes I write a story or story fragment after viewing. Something it’s just my own impressions or emotional reactions. I feel like I’ve been drinking deep in the symbolism of these stories. For that’s what these moments of beauty seem to be, symbolic. They play into the overall theme and mood of the show, creating an environment in which the characters breathe.

I’ve always had trouble writing description. Description can be cumbersome in prose, so I went the other way, including far too little. Description fascinates me, attracting or repelling me in a moving medium like a TV series, a movie, or an anime. Anytime a little beauty is introduced, I appreciate it. Anytime the beauty plays into the overall theme of the story, I’m fascinated…and inspired.

Thank you to everyone behind the scenes who brought this beauty to me. Thank you for the inspiration.

And I’m so cannibalizing this blog for my Source of Inspiration article this month. :)