Stradivari

I'm watching the Stradivari movie inspired by the real-life motivating story of Antonio Stradivari.  While much of his childhood is unclear, the movie depicted him as orphaned with nothing to call his own, Stradivari was able to rise above mainly because of his passion for violins after he first heard one being played.   The movie does a good job of showing his single-minded focus on learning to make a violin, and all the creative ways he was able to get around challenges and obstacles.  I really liked the story my Pastor told of the sound being so good because of supposedly not so good wood that came from the swamps and rivers.  It is just a picture of how God can take what is considered lowly and raise it up.  The movie also showed how Stradivari was fortunate in having strong understanding wives.  I also liked the depiction in the movie of how music transcended the war when the Austrians invaded.