Today, Mark Ward of the BBC laments the lack of hard science in film these days. He states: “A strange idiocy seems to have over-taken the makers of blockbusters such as The Matrix Reloaded, Star Wars: Attack of the Clones and others who are bolstering their creations with some decidedly dodgy science.” Well, this might [...]
Archive | August, 2003
The Heroic Ideal
Determined by the culture that produced the literature, especially the epic, the heroic ideal represents the aspects of a hero that the culture upholds as representing its cultural ideal. Thus, while the hero represents a particular culture’s ideal located in place and time, much of how we currently observe as heroic is born of characteristics that many of these ancient heroes exemplify.
Soderbergh’s Solaris
This film does not try to promote a clear position about the universe, but suggests that we are products of what we choose to do — I guess in itself that is a position, but the ontology of the film is one of human volition in that we make our own meaning and determine our own happiness (and sadness) through the decisions we make every day.
Mountains
After a brief ride from Macon to Conyers to have my windshield installed, I made my way to Roswell to meet Tim. I followed him back to his place to begin my journey to Dad’s for the weekend. The next morning, after a stop at Starbuck’s for a morning dark roast, I travelled up I-575, [...]
Licensed
After an interminable wait with some of my closest friends at the DMV, I took my riding test today and passed. The test was not as hard as the sun was hot, and both the examiner and I were happy it was a short test. I am now officially licensed in the state of Georgia [...]
Sonnet 106
When in the chronicle of wasted timeI see descriptions of the fairest wights,And beauty making beautiful old rhymeIn praise of ladies dead, and lovely knights,Then, in the blazon of sweet beauty’s best,Of hand, of foot, of lip, of eye, of brow,I see their antique pen would have expressedEven such a beauty as you master now.So [...]
Only Breath
Not Christian or Jew or Muslim, not Hindu,Buddhist, sufi, or zen. Not any religionor cultural system. I am not from the Eastor the West, not out of the ocean or upfrom the ground, not natural or ethereal, notcomposed of elements at all. I do not exist,am not an entity in this world or the next,did [...]
