Rev. Kelly Barber facilitated this month’s movie discussion group.
This Beautiful Fantastic is a 2016 British romantic drama film. Bella Brown is a young woman with an obsessive–compulsive disorder. She works in a public library and is trying to write a children’s book. Bella makes unlikely alliances to help her break through her fears, in this case, her fear of plants. With the help of a cook and mean old neighbor she discovers the way to unlock her guardedness, transcend into a new world where flowers and trees are no longer the seeming enemies, and she unexpectedly discovers inspiration where once there was none.
The impetus for the choice for this movie is how the metaphor of gardening can so easily relate to our own spiritual practice, with how one may need careful tending, patience, and consistency needed to bring forth something nourishing and full of substance. These concepts point to the building blocks of spiritual practice in that we tend to the unseen and through faith something miraculous springs forth.
You can find this movie on Amazon Prime, YouTube, Vudu, Tubi, and Itunes.
