Escher

Pearl

(The title of the post is because I didn't think the rest of the movie was worth watching, but THIS....oh yes.)

Great Quote from Total Recall

(the new version)

The past is a construct of the mind. It blinds us. It fools us into believing it. But the heart wants to live in the present. Look there. You'll find your answer. 

Men in Black, III

Go see this movie, even if you haven't seen the other 2 and don't care for science fiction.  I"m not kidding.

Mostly, it's just fun.

But then, there's Griffin.

He's not in the other ones.

He makes the whole series worthwhile.

Really.

This is going to be rattling around in a my head a while.

El Topo  (means "The Mole")

First released as an underground film, it was thanks to John Lennon that the film acquired a worldwide distribution. He was so impressed by this movie that he urged a close friend of his to buy the rights and take charge of distribution. 


Sometimes, old stuff comes back and must be dealt with.  Sometimes, the world is weird or horrible.  Sometimes we make choices that have unknown consequences.  Sometime we make choices that have immediate, obvious consequences.  Sometimes changes happens and we never know what the outcome was.  Sometimes life is wonderful.  Sometimes we are happy.  Sometimes we are playful.  Sometimes we are vengeful.  Sometimes we die.

Inception

"They come here to dream?"

"No.  They come here to be woken up.  The Dream has become their Reality.  Who are you to say otherwise?"

Fearless

This was a great movie until the Hollywood cop out in the last minute.

When he turns back to look at her in the lighted tunnel, turn the damn thing off and don't watch another second.

Damn.  I nearly threw a shoe at the TV.

Ramin Bahrani - Plastic Bag

Zeroism

http://www.zeroism.com/

http://altpick.com/spot/alexandros/index.php

I'm looking forward to this, I think.

The Last Station

Wow.

I was the Countess.

In the panic stricken time leading up to this, I felt every terror the Countess felt as she watched her husband turn away from her,listening to Chertkov and all the Tolstoyans who believed him to be a messiah, a buddha.

There are differences in our details, but we were sisters in fear. Our heart's dearest companion was turning away to find something more than we are/were/could be.

Part of the way I "do poly" is to ask "Are you getting your needs met?" If the need that is not getting met is something I can provide if I know the need exists, I will do it. If it is something I am not capable of providing, I will do what I can to help my partner find that thing.

But if what he needed was not-me, was Everything, how could I possibly fit into that.

And, for the Countess, he was Everything. How devastating to find that Everything rejects you. That your Universe find you insignificant. Your fear, your love, inconsequential.

At some point, I asked Joe, "Where does your wife fit?" And, as Tolstoy ignored the Countess' fear and confusion because it was inconsequential to his understanding, he ignored me.

I Googled "Buddhas' wife". He was an asshole to her. Her fear didn't matter. He was out of it and that shit was insignificant. Less than a dust mote. She sent their child to him to ask for his birthright and Buddha made the child a monk. What else is the birthright of the Universe?

So, Maya lost her husband and her son.

Countess. Maya.

I recognize that pit of fear. I know that story. The Singularity isn't as varied as we might think, I think.

And those characters didn't have anyone to tell them that it's OK to let go. Because, it was so obvious, it wasn't worth bothering with. Because that wasn't their script.

I wish I could give them a hug and tell them it's gonna be OK.

I suspect they wouldn't believe me, either.

Yes!

Decidedly about more than Americanized, make-my-ass-look-good yoga. :-)

And there is good stuff in the Extras.

My First Mister

This is much better than the beginning indicated. There's a scene where she is at a party and he is dying. And in the middle of it, she sees herself totally alone. It is the other side of the Yes-gasm.

This is a good story.

Some parts are a little trite but there are bits that are very good.

The singularity creates the empty spaces, too.

Big hitter, the Lama

So I jump ship in Hong Kong and make my way over to Tibet, and I get on as a looper at a course over in the Himalayas. A looper, you know, a caddy, a looper, a jock. So, I tell them I’m a pro jock, and who do you think they give me? The Dalai Lama, himself. Twelfth son of the Lama. The flowing robes, the grace, bald… striking.

So, I’m on the first tee with him. I give him the driver. He hauls off and whacks one – big hitter, the Lama – long, into a ten-thousand foot crevasse, right at the base of this glacier.

Do you know what the Lama says? Gunga galunga… gunga, gunga-galunga. So we finish the eighteenth and he’s gonna stiff me.

And I say, “Hey, Lama, hey, how about a little something, you know, for the effort, you know.”

And he says, “Oh, uh, there won’t be any money, but when you die, on your deathbed, you will receive total consciousness.”

So I got that goin’ for me, which is nice.