“Coda” is a poetic tale of a person rediscovering life after his death. Death is a mystery, but so many associate it with fear and I think that is a rather pessimistic outlook to take, don’t you think? But whatever your belief is of the hereafter, “Coda” should be taken as a comfort when you see how chill Death is with a lost drunken Irish soul:
I am a loner
I like to seek
I can write
I want to fuck
I need to fight
By no means am I weak
Struggling is my affirmation I should be here — alive
I may seem poor
But I am alright
Let me be around you in peace
I save people in darkness
They are the chosen knights
I am a loner
But I am not alone
And I am far from heartless
Sing and I will listen
Dance and I will follow
Speak and together we will understand
Tastes pity, but does not swallow
We are all alone in our thoughts
Some, providence born to never hold hands
Despite this we all belong
Behind eyes tethered to souls
Seeking to write the inexperience of self only glimpsed through another soul’s touch
To be a loner, one must traverse the distance of many lands
Inner, outer and the undiscovered spaces between
I am a loner
But why, to what end, must you be so cruel?
~ Fionnlagh
I don’t understand some people. Myself sometimes too. Why are we so afraid of each other? I just want to connect with someone. Where does this shame come from? Can’t we simply talk? All the tools in the world at our fingertips but none of it can bring us closer together.
This is a very good film, and if you think so too, you may also appreciated this insight into how “Dead Poets Society” came to be so good, as told by the writer, Tom Schulman:
Watch Eastern Michigan University students Darius Simpson and Scout Bostley speak for each other, showing us a thing or two about privilege and individual voice:
Dawn is a quiet young teenager who longs for something or someone to free her from her sheltered life.
Sexism (contextual sexism?) on a (pseudo-)professional level. Actress Rose McGowan spoke out against a recent casting note for an Adam Sandler project that insinuated she flaunt her sex, after which Rose McGowan was dropped by her agent who essentially chose not to represent her interests and thus ignoring two very important issues; 1. sexism is not OK, and 2. Adam Sandler sux. Seriously, why all the yelling? Is it tourettes?
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Here’s a good, candid interview with Rose McGowan followed by a clip from her directorial debut, “Dawn”
She became famous very quickly and went on a whirlwind journey through “Hollywood,” all the while working long hours on a TV show. After a couple very tough years, she is back with a short film, Dawn, and a new passion for the work and for life. Meet Rose McGowan (Shot in Toronto, September 2014).
When I was little, me and my neighborhood friends used to throw half-bird-eaten plums at each other across my back lawn between the garage roof and the plum tree, yeah, but this right here is some next level play — in the crowded favelas of Rio de Janeiro, flying kites is more than a leisurely escape; it’s also a playful form of battle:
After futebol, soltar pipas, is Brasil’s most popular sport. In the favelas of Rio de Janeiro, pipa (kite) designs and airborne “cutting” strategies have been passed through generations, from rooftop to rooftop. Filmmakers Guilherme Tensol and Leandro HBL spent time in Rocinha, Rio’s largest favela, among its young pipa warriors and elder statesmen, absorbing their secrets and documenting their stories.
Watched that with a smile on my face. I love these mini-documentaries that show a different perspective of life, but facing reality of these kiters’ methods, this should be viewed as an activity filled with ignorance and I can only hope people are being responsible with their materials and that these young minds are being educated on the dangers of cerol or manja (manjha) — the name given to the mixture of industrial adhesive with ground powdered glass which is applied to the kite lines, making them abrasive and also deadly to the touch — because many innocent people have been hurt.
This blog avoids featuring human atrocities or graphic imagery, but sometimes to understand what is good, it helps to also understand what is bad — WARNING — the following pictures are of some bloody accidents of people coming into contact with neglected, modified, cerol/manja/glass-coated kite lines:
Continue reading ‘Fascinating Portrait of Kite Fighting in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil’
Dammmnnnn. Epic public shaming of a non-handicapped driver who should have known better than to park in a disabled parking spot. If this video is any indication, the people of Brazil take illegal handicap parking very seriously. With the help of the jeering crowd and this now re-playable visual scar, here’s hoping the message sinks in.
People who abuse disabled parking zones are the WORST. They think they’re entitled to park where ever they want, completely disregarding the inconvenience they are causing to someone that actually needs to park in the disabled parking zone. Often, these people go without punishment, but after this man decided to carelessly park in a disabled parking spot, he was taught a lesson he wont soon forget. Hopefully next time he’ll think twice before parking in the disabled zone. Things could have gone down differently for sure, so just don’t do it!
Love it! A little girl with slick dance moves, lives out her superhero fantasies as she goes on a wild journey through the haunted halls of her school and beyond:
Dancer Laika Takasu as little girl. Directed by Taichi Kimura, with animations by Rapparu. Producer Takuma Hiramatsu / DOP Kohou Kotake / 1st AD Ryosuke Asano / 2nd AD Anam Sekiguchi / Choreographer Sayuki Kobayashi / Make up Rie Furuya / Runner Takumi Kidokou.
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