I’ve been thinking about Howl’s Moving Castle and how Sophie’s curse is a physical symbol of her self belief of being romantically unlovable (especially after growing up with beautiful, sought after women in her family.) How Howl tries to undo the curse the moment she steps into his castle but he *cant* because Sophie doesn’t want it to be broken. How, in the film, Sophie gets so close to breaking the curse in the field, but hearing Howl call her beautiful went against her self views, so she reinforces her sense of self by turning 90 again.
And the way that her love and kindness make her younger again and again. How film Sophie sacrifices her long hair, perhaps what past Sophie would have seen as her only beauty, for Howl but she’s grown so much that she still remains young, perhaps even confident about her grey hair, showing that Sophie no longer links her appearance to her lovability or worth and she learned to accept herself as she is. In this essay I-
//Last week was chaotic, there was so much I had to do in a short period of time but it’s over now (finally). This week isn't going to be much better as I have one last midterm to study for on Wednesday and after that its time to get to preparing for exams in April//
may 6 — first strawberries of the season ft. the parisian muji store, upon which we accidentally stumbled while trying to find the pantheon ✨ can’t believe our trip to paris was a month ago already!
