Posts by dan from why.movie

The wheels spin, and the road unravels. Head down, Joe sees the speckled blur of faded pavement oozing by, his charcoal gray pin stripe pants churning the pedals. The tails of his matching suit coat flap softly in his peripheral vision. He savors the thrill of not looking ahead, of not watching where he is…

The now is all that we have, (some people say) but the excellence of theme park earth is that the past and the future are just as fluid as the now. The past and future are cognitive constructions that become the lattice, the framework for what we are in the now. There’s a perspective that…

They would rather not know facts, nobody wants to find out the fedgov demolished the twin towers or invented limes disease or advocated mass adoption of a dna editing protocol. So that’s why it’s easy to pull off big scams, because no one wants to find out, people would just rather not know. From this…

Why all the dreams and schemes in one book? Not to organize them or chant their names, but for the reason I initially dreamed them, which is to get excited about them. To feel the joy of imagining them, and get fired up as they instantiate. I create and the fun is both the realization,…

You are the leader of the world. The Clique is rife with subtle variations on the theme of stewardship.  Improving humankind through contrast…YES! But how much and how often? Could extremely high levels of contrast maintained for long periods cause a sort of spiritual capitulation, a collapse of expansion? Blaa, blaa. They try out their…

Foundation premise Nation states might be theater to synthesize geographic unities. A geographic unity prevents affinity groups in different geographies from forming alliances beyond their borders. For example, one might imagine that Christians would not fight Christians, but of course history is rife with examples of Christians killing each other, also Muslims, Communists, etc. So…

Deliberate Design An Exhibit of Future Selves Tomorrow is never a mystery when we choose to create. Artists crystalize what is to come, nudging maybes into the now. Painting, sculpture, dance and music are not only expressive acts but strategies for life design. In the early winter of 2024 regional artists present their future selves,…

We are reclining on the couch in the Cathedral after an excellent and transcedent CE. Contemplating bat eviction, roof repair and other Cathedral upgrades before the winter of 24-25. Finishing Eileen’s show, and then eventual upgrades this week, like signage and exposition, tho that’s not the word I was looking for exactly. I feel slightly…

I’ve decided to optimize my intake of cinema by translating my experience into the words, right here. So without further eloquence, I give you… Critique the first. I’ve watched 5 movies in the last few days. Under the Skin, Predestination and John Wick 1-3. Let’s start with JW. John Wick 1-3 I’ve been threatening to…