Musical Inspiration

Comment now » // February 13th, 2010

Saw the movie Crazy Heart last night and felt very inspired by the music and Jeff Bridges’ performance. The creative life, as it is often portrayed, is not an easy one. I appreciated very much the movie’s theme of personal redemption.

Bridges’ character, Bad Blake, makes the very difficult choice to stop living his life in a self-destructive way. As the story played out I was reminded of the choices that those of us who leave cults make and how, like Bad Blake, we often have to rebuild our lives from the ground up, brick by brick, and often very alone. But we do it and it is possible, as every survivor will tell you. The freedom we find on the other side of that journey is completely worth the hard work and tears it takes to get there.

Anyway…a good movie. I hope Bridges’ wins an Oscar for it. He deserved one for The Big Lebowski back in 1998 so maybe he’ll finally get his due.

Here’s my favorite song from Crazy Heart.