Day: July 8, 2014
Sally Potter| Orlando, 1992
Orlando: A Biography is a novel by Virginia Woolf, first published on 11 October 1928. A semi-biographical novel based in part on the life of Woolf’s lover Vita Sackville-West, it is generally considered one of Woolf’s most accessible novels. The novel has been influential stylistically, and is considered important in literature generally.
“Do not fade. Do not wither. Do not grow old…”
La Dolce Vita|The frolic in the fountain
Kerstin Anita Marianne Ekberg (born 29 September 1931) is a Swedish actress, model, and sex symbol.
Nine. Homage to La Dolce Vita and Federico Fellini, Italian film director and scriptwriter
Lego| Casino Royale
Jane Fonda| Barbarella Ordinary World
In an unspecified future, Barbarella is assigned by the President of Earth to retrieve Doctor Durand Durand from the Tau Ceti region. Durand Durand is the inventor of the Positronic Ray, a weapon that Earth leaders fear will fall into the wrong hands.
Jane Fonda, actress
Christopher Hitchens| “If you want to be awe inspired..”
…If you want to be awe inspired, ladies and gentlemen, and let me say, let me just tell you that those of us who do not believe we are divinely created, let alone divinely supervised, are not immune to the idea of awe and beauty and the transcendent. Let me invite you to look for a moment at the pictures taken by the Hubble telescope. Some of you may have done it. If you haven’t done it now, or yet, do it soon…
Christopher Hitchens, author, polemicist, debater, and journalist.
The Great Gatsby| The best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool
“And I hope she’ll be a fool – that’s the best thing a girl in this world can be. A beautiful little fool.”
“All the bright, precious things fade so fast… and they don’t come back”.
Daisy understands the subordinate role that women —– especially wealthy women —– are expected to play. Among other things, they are expected to quietly tolerate the extramarital affairs of their spouses. Of course by revealing her opinion on the dynamics of gender and power, Daisy shows that she is not the flighty fool she sometimes masquerades as.
Pretty sad expectation, for a girl to be a beautiful fool is better than to know her own mind and be aware.
Passing through Trafalgar Square yesterday I over heard one of the street performers saying to a young girl (during his act) – “just remember, when you grow up. Just cry and men will give you money…”
Oh, to be a beautiful fool…
Sixth Sense
I see pictures everywhere
Sam Harris| It is always Now
It is always now
The past is merely a memory
The future is an anticipation
Just another thought rising in your head
All we really have is this moment. And this.
It is always now.
Sam Harris – American author, philosopher, and neuroscientist.
Neil deGrasse Tyson| We Stopped Dreaming
“Nobody’s dreaming about tomorrow anymore. The most powerful agency on the dreams of a nation is currently underfunded to do what it needs to do — and that’s to make dreams come true. How much would you pay for the Universe?”
Earth rising over the moon. All that we are and all that we have achieved as a species is on that blue globe…
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