Jewells of Thought

My cousins, Anna and Lilly introduced me to Jane Austen, but also to the BBC version of Pride and Prejudice. It rubbed off on me and I bought the movie as well. I never got more into Austen otherwise though. I pretty much stopped with Pride and Prejudice, but to be honest that is enough in itself isn’t it?

Of course this weekend’s newest debut from Hallmark and the character, Lilly, would suggest otherwise. I have not watched it all the way through like I have ‘Paging, Mr. Darcy’ from the weekend before. Yes, there are still at least a couple more Austen themed movies to come. Admittedly it is fitting to to do something like this for February, Valentines Day just still doesn’t have the all encompassing power over me as it does others. With a boyfriend literally tied to LA for however long our current circumstance lasts it is what it is we are both making due. The shows are intriguing though, the content has been interesting to watch even for background noise as I work on some stitching projects or writing.

I am a bit eclectic though I like bits of the original and I like some of the new takes on Austen’s works. I actually took to the Pride and Prejudice remake with Kiera Knightley, I have to admit Darcy was extremely difficult to not fall for on this one. I also like Colin Firth in certain movies, but I was drawn to the remake with the newer Mr. Darcy. Yes, this is a bit of vanity I am revealing, but I still like both versions.

Really the moral of the story is how Jane was able to brilliantly write such splendid works of art that stand the test of time. Her creative flow must have been so palpable when she was in the zone. What would that have been like to be a fly on the wall as she wrote her novels?

Maybe that’s why I don’t try to invent new stories. They were so well crafted by the masters of their art like Jane, and William Shakespeare, Charles Dickens, Alexandre Dumas. Even more than that it wasn’t God’s calling on my life to do so. My calling is to write what God burdens my mind and heart with. Not needing to make up the stories to write they are the stories that God gives me to write. Maybe that is how it started for these artists as well.

God has used things in my life to bring out stories and interviews… me the historian at work.