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CONSCIOUS CINEMA
is the case in the Nora Ephron comedy, “Julie and
Julia” (2009). The film parallels the experiences of
famed chef Julia Child (Meryl Streep) and author
Julie Powell (Amy Adams), who chronicled her
year-long experiences of cooking her way through
Child’s seminal cookbook, Mastering the Art of
French Cooking. With the two biographies playing
out side by side, viewers have a valuable opportunity to witness how different intents toward the
same subject matter can lead to markedly different results – and how harmonizing those intents
can yield remarkable symmetry.

When deciding upon or
choices and intents,
we clearly have many
options and opportunities
available to us.
In the end, engaging in such a pursuit ultimately
may not bring us any closer to finding any of the
answers we seek, but it certainly enlightens us to a
range of possibilities broader than what any of us
might have ever imagined.
When deciding upon or choices and intents, we
clearly have many options and opportunities available to us. However, as many of these films show,
there’s also a tremendous degree of responsibility
associated with this task, regardless of the context
involved. So, with that being the case, if there’s any
one lesson we can take away from these principles
(and the films that illustrate them) it’s this – choose
wisely.
Copyright © 2016, by Brent Marchant. All rights reserved.

Sometimes being able to view intents from a variety of perspectives can be helpful in understanding them. Such is the case in the quirky comedy
“Please Give” (2010), in which a New York antique
furniture dealer (Catherine Keener) seeks to understand what drives her and those around her in
the decisions they make regarding everything from
business concerns to relationship fidelity to service
to others. Her exploration brings her into contact
with an array of intents in a multitude of contexts.

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A lifelong movie fan, longtime student of metaphysics and presenter, Brent Marchant is the author of Get the Picture?!: Conscious Creation Goes
to the Movies and Consciously Created Cinema:
The Movie Lover’s Guide to the Law of Attraction
books that provide a reader-friendly look at how
the practice of “conscious creation” is illustrated
through film. Brent blogs about metaphysical
cinema and other self-empowerment topics at
http://brentmarchantsblog.blogspot.com. He is
also Featured Contributor, Arts & Entertainment,
for VividLife magazine and Featured Contributor for Smart Women’s Empowerment, as well as
Library Journal, BeliefNet, New Age News and
Master Heart Magazine. Brent holds a B.A. in
magazine journalism and history from Syracuse
University. His web site is www.BrentMarchant.
com.