for my bonny cate, she must with me

to date i have not been shy about my love for cate blanchett.  she has a presence unmatched by any other actress in the film industry.  since the release of oscar nominations, my vote is of course with her.  unfortunately, i did not make it to the independent theater to see “i’m not there”, but i saw a two minute clip of one scene and was sold.  unlike hilary swank and others, cate knows how to play a man and be a woman.

i rewatched the “elizabeth: the golden age” trailer and was moved to goosebumps and tears by this little interaction:
(upon being warned of the approaching spanish armada)
cate: tell your king i fear neither him, nor his armies.
spaniard: there is someone coming that will sweep away your pride.
cate: i too can command the wind, sir!  i have a hurricane in me that will strip spain bare if you dare to try me!

several things – i am curious how she prepared for this role.  in order to play the queen of western civilization, in some sense, she must knowher.  secondly, the things i would do to have listened in on her conversations with geoffrey rush.  what a pair.

kiss me, cate!

the broken heart

o lord,
no day of my life has passed that has not proved me guilty in thy sight.
prayers have been uttered from a prayerless heart;
praise has been often praiseless sound;
my best services are filthy rags.
blessed jesus,
let me find a covert in thy appeasing wounds.
though my sins rise to heaven thy merits soar above them;
though unrighteousness weighs me down to hell,
thy righteousness exalts me to thy throne.
all things in me call for my rejection,
all things in thee plead my acceptance.
i appeal from the throne of perfect justice to thy throne of boundless grace.
grant me to hear thy voice assuring me:
that by thy stripes i am healed,
that thou wast bruised for my iniquities,
that thou hast been made sin for me that i might be righteous in thee,
that my grievous sins, my manifold sins, are all forgiven,
buried in the ocean of thy concealing blood.
i am guilty, but pardoned,
lost, but saved,
wandering, but found,
sinning, but cleansed.
give me perpetual broken-heartedness,
keep me always clinging to thy cross,
flood me every moment with descending grace,
open to me the springs of divine knowledge,
sparkling like crystal,
flowing clear and unsullied through my wilderness of life.