If there were no eternal consciousness in a man, if at the bottom of everything there were only a wild ferment, a power that twisting in dark passions produced everything great or inconsequential; if an unfathomable, insatiable emptiness lay hid beneath everything, what would life be but despair?
Fear and Trembling, “Speech in Praise of Abraham”
“To be reviewed by Roger Ebert, good or bad, was to exist as a filmmaker. Artistry aside, this is one reason we make movies. We write and direct for the same reason we conceive children and build buildings. We’re looking for proof of our own thumbprint, a reassurance that we somehow matter. As a filmmaker, sometimes that comes from hearing an audience’s laughter or buying a ticket to your own film. However, there was nothing like—and I’ve confirmed this with many directors—the sight of Ebert’s thumb on your own movie poster. Up or down.”
- Jason Reitman, “The Man Who Loved Movies”
Entertainment Weekly, Issue #1255/1256
Roger Ebert, 1942-2013
Tatiana Plakhova and Leandro Sanchez - Another California
“Photographer Leandro Sanchez captures unique visuals of flooded beaches in Southern California and deep desert that only a few human beings will ever see, to them unite forces with Tatiana Plakhova and her extraordinary delicate designs.”
“Conviction is conviction […] at whatever decibel level it’s expressed.”
“We know from myths and fairy tales that there are many different kinds of powers in this world. One child is given a light saber, another a wizard’s education. The trick is not to amass all the different kinds of available power, but to use well the kind you’ve been granted. Introverts are offered keys to private gardens full of riches. To possess such a key is to tumble like Alice down her rabbit hole. She didn’t choose to go to Wonderland—but she made of it an adventure that was fresh and fantastic and very much her own.”
Susan Cain, Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking
