We watched Downsizing the night before last. I loved the movie very much. I need to watch it again, because there's a scene I want to recall more clearly, having to do with Ngoc Lan Tran's experience in the TV box, and all the other losses she experienced.
That came to mind listening toward the latter part of this interview.
All personal transformation is a form of loss. It's unsurprising to me now, that loss can prompt it. Initiate it. That hasn't been clear to me before.
"There are no coincidences."
Nick's Red Hand Files, and the letter selected for this interview, also reminded me of the thing Kottke posted almost a month ago.
I have some quibbles, or questions maybe, about the value of hope versus faith. Later, maybe.
Things looked very grim a month ago. From E.B. White's letter:
Sailors have an expression about the weather: they say, the weather is a great bluffer. I guess the same is true of our human society — things can look dark, then a break shows in the clouds, and all is changed, sometimes rather suddenly.
Colbert quotes Cohen from Suzanne:
He said all men will be sailors then, until the sea shall free them
"There are no coincidences."
It speaks to us, if we pay attention.
Sometimes, you can feel it.
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Originally posted at Nice Marmot 06:40 Wednesday, 14 August 2024