The incessant beating of the drum, the pleasant melodies that carry the ecstatic visionary into the realms of the unconscious, reveal a world that is eternally becoming, where everything gleams in new colours, and speaks to us in new signs and characters., and, sometimes, in new myths.
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Prince Rogers Nelson
Prince & The Revolution - Kiss (Official Music Video) https://youtu.be/H9tEvfIsDyo via @YouTube
Prince & The New Power Generation - Cream (Official Music Video) https://youtu.be/rrbFQEcpJ3A via @YouTube
Denise Katrina Matthews (Vanity). Both Vanity and Prince dies in 2017, both aged 57.
Set outside ourselves, we swim in an enigmatic, fiery element, no longer knowing ourselves nor recognizing the most familiar of things; we no longer possess any standard of measurement, everything law-like and rigid begins to shift, everything gleams in new colours, speaks to us in new signs and characters. (Nietzsche in his 'Untimely Meditations' 4:7. 1873-76).
Both the shaman and Nietzsche reject the established truths conjured up by established cultures from the safety of terra firma. They adhere to the importance of the authentic moments that disrupt the logic of the same.
In a remote suburb, a solitary house …
People walk to this house as if to their grave,
And wash their hands with soap – when they return,
And blink away a facile tear
From weary eyes - and breathe out heavy sighs ...
But the clock ticks, one springtime is superseded
By another …
And there are no remaining witnesses to the events,
And no one to weep with, no one to remember with.
And slowly the shades withdraw from us,
Shades we no longer call back,
Whose return would be too terrible for us …
And waking one morning we realize that we have forgotten
Even the path to that solitary house …
Helena Bergstrom – When her husband leaves her for a younger woman, a cash-strapped reporter volunteers to be a pharmaceutical test subject, with unexpected results.
Ann and I enjoyed the story. OK, predictable, in parts, but kept us gripped for almost 2 hours. Good balance in the story with the part played by the children, and, of course, the supporting players.
Set in a little restaurant in an inconspicuous lane of Shanghai, which opens at midnight everyday. The owner is a man of about fifty, makes a set of special food for each guest who visits the restaurant, and listens to everyone’s story. Director: Tony Ka Fai Leung
Seven years after the Monsterpocalypse, Joel Dawson, along with the rest of humanity, has been living underground ever since giant creatures took control of the land. After reconnecting over the radio with his high school girlfriend, Aimee, who is now 80 miles away at a coastal colony, Joel begins to fall for her again. As Joel realizes that there's nothing left for him underground, he decides to venture out to Aimee, despite all the dangerous monsters that stand in his way.
Totally agree with RT: 'Led by a charming star turn from Dylan O'Brien, Love and Monsters peers into the apocalypse and finds an action-adventure with surprising emotional depth.'
Dylan O’Brien – re the film “he made it” as we say, plus ‘Boy’ of course. Photo by Gage Skidmore.