Week 98 — Life changing tortellini and trees

On Wednesday Clare and I went out to see Silent Friend at the Palace Electric. But beforehand, we stopped off at the Ovolo Nishi for dinner. I’d been before, the food was pretty good — but I don’t remember it being this good. A plate of four butternut squash-filled tortellini landed on table. Each a delicious parcel of pumpkiny, buttery goodness. This dish alone is worth going out of your way for. The movie was also a meditative, cerebral masterpiece. Set across 3 different time periods, 3 seperate stories are told each with a single enduring ginkgo tree threading them together. The film offers up a handful of theories on how infants perceive reality, the vast difference in time perception when you are a plant / being whose life spans centuries, and the fascination we have as a species of studying plants. The dialogue could probably fit on a few A4 sheets, which means there is a lot of time for contemplation and taking in the absolutely stunning cinematography. I have been making some…