I’m into exorcisms. Or, rather, movies and stories about exorcisms. The Exorcist kinda freaked me out, I grew up near a town with a well-known possession story, and I liked The Exorcism Of Emily Rose (imdb | rotten tomatoes) even though I probably shouldn’t have. It too often fell into horror movie clichés (though it wasn’t a horror movie) or courtoom clichés (though it wasn’t a legal drama either), and would have been far more interesting had it been more faithful to the actual story of Annaliese Michel, but I find watching psychological/spiritual forces wrack some poor innocent interesting enough that I didn’t mind so much.

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I also watched a documentary today called Touch The Sound (imdb | rotten tomatoes). It’s about Evelyn Glennie, a percussionist who I remember reading about in my drumming days…many, many moons ago. It turns out she’s also deaf, something I didn’t know until I read the synopsis of this film a year or two ago. Watching this film, her skill seems even more remarkable when you think that she can’t hear…but when you realize she can hear, in a way that’s different but no less effective than how you or I do, it’s not surprising at all. After that, the only remarkable thing is how well she can play.

By the way, in my next life, I’d like to be a Taiko drummer.