Posts in Thoughts
Penetration Beyond the Rational. Sublimation. Transformation. A Kaleidoscopic Play of Strange Forms of Consciousness. Metamorphoses.
A true discovery. A shock. I couldn't have expected that modern Germans could make a film that would give me goosebumps and take my breath away. I’m hesitating how to precisely define the genre of this movie – a criminal-romantic drama.
...when you wake up, and he's right next to you, as if he's been there all night and never left, even though in reality, he's 500 miles away from you.
Don't be afraid. Lies are not the reason for all human troubles. Lies are a result of a sickness, of fear. Fear of being rejected by people, by society, fear of loss. Human life is often all about consumption. We accumulate material possessions and use them to wrap ourselves as if in a cotton-ball blanket. This blanket separates us from real, true living.
This is so interesting how I used to think that my life was one of the most possibly difficult ones... Now I can see that I'm not alone. I mean yes its freaking not easy but some of those folks that I used to think had better lives (like you can get one on demand) actually are really struggling in ways I would never be able to handle.
About your essay “The Self is a Conceptual Chimera“.
It was a pleasure for me to read your essay in a book “What is Your Dangerous Idea?” It resonated with me, and I believe it’s the most brilliant idea of all those “dangerous” ideas in the whole book.
After many years of living in the United States, I have noticed a common tendency: not to like immigrants, even those who are not doing anything wrong.
If someone had told me that I would pack for a two-day trip with an unfamiliar man to a place where mobile phones don’t work and a four-wheel-drive vehicle is required, I might have believed it. But not immediately.
Honestly, I was drawn in by Jack Nicholson. Almost all of the films with him have been incredibly good. Maybe I should have listened to myself and that “almost.” However, calling this movie a "failure" would not be fair.
I wonder, amid all these storms and destruction, has anyone noticed how amazing San Francisco has become today?