{"id":7966,"date":"2016-04-03T18:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-04-03T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2020-09-12T16:26:21","modified_gmt":"2020-09-12T20:26:21","slug":"writerly-bundle-9-passel-journey-to","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/writerly-bundle-9-passel-journey-to\/","title":{"rendered":"Writerly Bundle #9: Passel, Journey to the Spiritual Mountan, and Fabulous Fennel"},"content":{"rendered":"


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\nWelcome to this week’s Writerly Bundle! A post where I hope to inspire you with three of the world’s greatest things: music, words, and tea.<\/p>\n

Today I have a tea that is very Asian spice-flavored and I practice Kung Fu, so I decided to combine the two to make this post Karate Kid<\/i>-themed (which is actually Kung Fu in this movie but whatever)!<\/span><\/div>\n

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\n1.) <\/span>a group or lot of indeterminate number: <\/span>a passel of dignitaries.<\/span><\/div>\n
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\n“Journey to the Spiritual Mountain”<\/span><\/div>\n
\nfrom the Karate Kid<\/i> (2010)<\/span><\/div>\n
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\nI may get shot by loyal fans for this, but I really like the 2010 version of the Karate Kid <\/i>instead of the original. I like the more serious tone, I like that Jackie Chan is in it, I like that they’re in China, and the music is gorgeous. It’s James Horner and James Horner is the man. The soundtrack has Asian instruments and vocals perfectly woven into it. It’s a powerful soundtrack that really makes you feel for what is going on with the characters.<\/span><\/div>\n
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\nThis place has such a diverse set of tones such as the excitement of the beginning with mainly strings, the grandiose long trek up the mountain with lots of drums and Asian wind instruments, the mystery of the those practicing Kung Fu with the ethereal female vocals and the surreal end primarily instrumented with cello and synthetic instruments. This is a long piece (about eight minutes), but it’s my favorite of the soundtrack. This is perfect for writing an Asian-themed story.<\/span><\/div>\n
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