Exploring Consciousness
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter
... and Spring
A timeless fable on the cycles of life and nature.
Filmed in South Korea. Director: Kim Ki-duk. 2003
Sunday 29 January at 6.15 pm
At Labia on Orange
Book with Labia at 021 424 5927
Ticket R40 includes a glass of wine or juice after the screening
Running time 103 minutes
The setting: a tiny monastery floating mysteriously in a pristine mountain lake. This is the home of an elderly monk who has taken in a young student – in spring. The exquisite set and meticulously planned cinematography enhances every single frame. Colour, form and movement are a meaningful expression of spiritual and existential meaning.
Hardly any dialogue, no explanations, no speeches with messages. The master teaches experientially, allowing life to unfold.
We accept this lifestyle of simplicity and isolation: even the doors in the hermitage, and on the bank of the lakes, are free – not set in walls. But they are respected.
What is the role of the animals? A doggie, a cat – whose tail is used to paint a mantra!, a rooster, a snake ...
As the seasons change, reflected in the sumptuous details in nature, the storyline jumps ahead and we follow the seasons of the young monk’s life: lessons of love and lust, of violence and contribution, of penitence and forgiveness, of honour and death and rebirth: lessons on dealing with one’s own emotions and inner turbulence. Simple lives reflecting nature and life’s huge cycles.
A complex, rich tapestry of beauty and symbolism – reflecting the director’s fine eye and profound wisdom.
Copies of this DVD and other DVDs and books
are available from Wisdom to Nourish:
Tel 021 701 2241 • info@wisdomtonourish.co.za • www.wisdomtonourish.co.za
... and Spring
A timeless fable on the cycles of life and nature.
Filmed in South Korea. Director: Kim Ki-duk. 2003
Sunday 29 January at 6.15 pm
At Labia on Orange
Book with Labia at 021 424 5927
Ticket R40 includes a glass of wine or juice after the screening
Running time 103 minutes
The setting: a tiny monastery floating mysteriously in a pristine mountain lake. This is the home of an elderly monk who has taken in a young student – in spring. The exquisite set and meticulously planned cinematography enhances every single frame. Colour, form and movement are a meaningful expression of spiritual and existential meaning.
Hardly any dialogue, no explanations, no speeches with messages. The master teaches experientially, allowing life to unfold.
We accept this lifestyle of simplicity and isolation: even the doors in the hermitage, and on the bank of the lakes, are free – not set in walls. But they are respected.
What is the role of the animals? A doggie, a cat – whose tail is used to paint a mantra!, a rooster, a snake ...
As the seasons change, reflected in the sumptuous details in nature, the storyline jumps ahead and we follow the seasons of the young monk’s life: lessons of love and lust, of violence and contribution, of penitence and forgiveness, of honour and death and rebirth: lessons on dealing with one’s own emotions and inner turbulence. Simple lives reflecting nature and life’s huge cycles.
A complex, rich tapestry of beauty and symbolism – reflecting the director’s fine eye and profound wisdom.
Copies of this DVD and other DVDs and books
are available from Wisdom to Nourish:
Tel 021 701 2241 • info@wisdomtonourish.co.za • www.wisdomtonourish.co.za