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Undertoad · 12-25-2009, 09:07 PM

Did you notice... that the first time the girl draws the shape, it isn't something she's imagined drawing? The second time, she imagines a kite, draws a diamond, and gets a kite. The third time, she imagines a lollypop, draws a curly thingie, and gets the vortex.

Does this suggest that the pencil helped her imagine something she wanted, and then helped her imagine something *it* wanted? Is this a morality tale?

Did you notice how differently you feel about the pencil's smile? When the girl draws the kite, and flies it, the pencil is pictured looking up in the sky, and momentarily you wonder if it's happy for her and having fun with her. Is it smiling for its own joy at the end?

Did you notice that the vortex is in the shape and color of a pencil tip?

Did you notice that the sound the vortex seems to make is the same sound generated when the pencil creates an item?

Did you notice that the pencil looks into the vortex at the end? Did you notice the vortex quiver?

Did you notice that the film ended by cutting to black just as you were looking into the vortex from the same perspective as the girl? Did you notice that the sound didn't end at the same cut to black, suggesting to the mind that maybe it's not "over" when it goes black? Does this suggest that you were sucked into the vortex? Does this suggest that the morality tale applies to you?

If so, damn, son, you're good... you figured out what it took me like 10 viewings to see.

12-25-2009, 09:07 PM	#2216
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Did you notice... that the first time the girl draws the shape, it isn't something she's imagined drawing? The second time, she imagines a kite, draws a diamond, and gets a kite. The third time, she imagines a lollypop, draws a curly thingie, and gets the vortex. Does this suggest that the pencil helped her imagine something she wanted, and then helped her imagine something it wanted? Is this a morality tale? Did you notice how differently you feel about the pencil's smile? When the girl draws the kite, and flies it, the pencil is pictured looking up in the sky, and momentarily you wonder if it's happy for her and having fun with her. Is it smiling for its own joy at the end? Did you notice that the vortex is in the shape and color of a pencil tip? Did you notice that the sound the vortex seems to make is the same sound generated when the pencil creates an item? Did you notice that the pencil looks into the vortex at the end? Did you notice the vortex quiver? Did you notice that the film ended by cutting to black just as you were looking into the vortex from the same perspective as the girl? Did you notice that the sound didn't end at the same cut to black, suggesting to the mind that maybe it's not "over" when it goes black? Does this suggest that you were sucked into the vortex? Does this suggest that the morality tale applies to you? If so, damn, son, you're good... you figured out what it took me like 10 viewings to see.