For what does it profit us if we gain the whole world, and lose our own soul? Or what shall we give in exchange for our soul? Matthew 16: 26
In my efforts to transform the story of the Fugitive Stag into a film, I can no more betray my soul (psyche) than I can betray or shortchange my Muse. Somewhere ‘out there’ there is a top director , producer or actor who shares my sentiments.
Thank Goddess, ‘The Fugitive Stag’ is my redemption!
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/terry-gilliam-reveals-how-don-quixote-nearly-killed-him-qch7jnzp7
I HOPE THAT A FEW FILM DIRECTORS AND PRODUCERS BELIEVE THIS AND MIGHT HAVE READ THIS ARTICLE BY MATTHEW SYED
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/the-truth-is-that-great-minds-dont-think-alike-gwwtncsph
An ‘epiphany’ 2020 appeal to innovators in the film industry:
“This is why we need to make a conscious effort to break out of our echo chambers. Working with similar others might be fine on simple tasks … but we need to embrace diversity if we are going to crack codes and come up with new ideas. We need to work with people who can help us to see our own blind spots, and who we can help to see theirs.”
Watch sky over Auckland, New Zealand turn orange from bushfires raging i… https://youtu.be/4qq3kBkg2io via @YouTube
Iraqi MPs voted in favour of a resolution calling for an end the presence of foreign forces in the country, paving the way to remove about 5000 US troops deployed there and dealing a potentially serious blow to American influence in the region.
The resolution is non-binding, but it is likely to be heeded by the government as caretaker Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi supports the measures.
BY JEREMY KAY, MELANIE GOODFELLOW, CHARLES GANT, FIONNUALA HALLIGAN, WENDY MITCHELL
The global film industry storylines set to dominate 2020 https://www.screendaily.com/features/the-global-film-industry-storylines-set-to-dominate-2020/5145840.article#.XgzW5cazpAQ.twitter
What better words to journey into an unknown future, than these by the incomparable Friedrich Holderlin (d 1843) – from his ‘Bread & Wine’
The kindness of exalted Night is wonderful, and no one
Knows where she comes from, or what will emerge from her.
Thus she moves the world, and the hopeful minds of humans:
Not even a sage knows what she’s up to … although
She herself exists totally free in spirit, forever.
But she must grant us oblivion and holy drunkenness,
That in the hesitating interval, in the darkness,
There’ll be something for us to hold on to.
She must grant us flowing words, sleepless
As lovers are, and a fuller cup, and bolder life, and
Holy remembrance as well, to stay wakeful at night ...
We, masters and apprentices both, hide our hearts
In vain, and repress our enthusiasm for no reason.
For who could stop it, or forbid us our pleasure?
The fire of the gods drives us to set forth by day
And by night. So come, let us look at what is apparent,
And seek what is ours, as distant as it may be!
A Blessed and Good New Year to you all.
Fulfill the alchemy of the word … as did Rimbaud
It is recovered.
What? – Eternity.
In the whirling light
Of the sun in the sea.
O my eternal soul,
Hold fast to desire
In spite of the night
And the day on fire.
You must set yourself free
From the striving of Man
And the applause of the World
You must fly as you can…
– No hope forever
No orietur.
Science and patience,
The torment is sure.
The fire within you,
Soft silken embers,
Is our whole duty
But no one remembers.
It is recovered.
What? Eternity.
In the whirling light
Of the sun in the sea.
I can’t believe it’s over 18 years since this piece appeared in The Guardian!
Comment: Searching for a gentle god https://www.theguardian.com/world/2001/dec/07/religion.uk?CMP=share_btn_tw
… or Goddess!
May all of the 2020’s be a ‘Season of Goodwill.’
― Friedrich Nietzsche in Thus Spoke Xarathustra
“Insanity,” he writes in Beyond Good and Evil, “in individuals is something rare — but in groups, parties, nations, and epochs, it is the rule.”
Give me the words of a ‘philosopher of dynamite’ anytime!
The Fugitive Stag 