A NEW STORY
" For you did not receive a spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received a spirit of adoption. When we cry, “Abba! Father!” Romans 8:15, NRSV "If you must blink, do it now. Pay careful attention to everything you see and hear, no matter how unusual it may seem. And please be warned, if you fidget, if you look away, if you forget any part of what I tell you, even for an instant, then our hero will surely perish." Kubo, "Kubo and the Two Strings" 2016, directed and co-produced by Travis Knight , and written by Marc Haimes and Chris Butler. These are the words the young Kubo, the small Japanese village' story teller, uses to begin his stories. These words signal to the people in the market place that Kubo is about to tell another story of a Samurai warrior who battles monsters. He spins his tales with the help of origami figures and his mother's magical shamisen. (see picture) ...