POETRY EVENT COMING UP, ON APRIL 18TH FROM 10 AM UNTIL 1 PM.
#POETRY
E. Writer
This is how I create illustrations for my Penelope children's book, as well as for my first teen graphic novel
#childrensbooks
You can read the screenplay for the Oscar Winning screenplay Sinners on Deadline's website. I found that I had to click the little box under it to make it readable via full screen.
https://deadline.com/2025/12/sinners-script-read-ryan-coogler-screenplay-1236652467/
Alex Morton I completely agree with your characterization of the film's underlying themes, I just think it could have been a far better movie. I only watched all of it because of the music. Mina and I managed about the same as you with One Battle. About twenty minutes was more than enough. Back to genres, I don't particularly like certain genres, and those include horror and superheroes. I've never seen any of the Marvel movies ... never had the interest, and if I want horror, I turn on the news.
E. Writer I too, am not a fan of horror or gorey violence. Game of Thrones really changed my mind on gratuitous violence in movies and TV. It was very well-made but it should have been called, Game of Murder, because every single episode included some hyper-violent murder or torture scene, and kept trying to up the ante on shock value. Peter Dinklage was the great spot in that show with some of the best acting I have seen. And I hate that it was such a great role wasted on such a pointlessly violent show. Do im with you on violence. The world is violent enough and I'm sick of seeing violence glamorized by Hollywood. Sinners was violent but not as gratuitous by modern standards, but I can see how you would turn away from it in disgust. After game of thrones, it seemed like every American or even British show was about an assassin or spies killing people for about 2 years, and I thought, why is killing so seductive to the film industry? Thats when I switched to Korean kdramas.
SJ Blues I can understand the vampire critique. I for one adored it because of all the nuances and social commentaries they made. Truthfully, I would love to see both this version AND a version that would have played out without the vampires, especially considering what would have happened that morning
bb santx It was two perfectly good movies mashed together into some kind of cinematic hash. I didn't watch the Oscars. Did it win?
E. Writer Both movies won different Oscar titles.
This isn't political, but a scientific, historical, and philosophical take on the weapons of war.
#philosophy #science
https://youtube.com/shorts/piairy04-1U?si=LjIOnfOklyBmge8j
I live like I have six months to tie everything up and bring my 51 years to a close. I understand the fragility of life and that the next moment is not guaranteed.
Alex Morton I'm the opposite. I live as if I have a century left to go.
E. Writer Isn't it interesting how two perspectives on life can be completely opposite? For me, life is a fragile thing to be nurtured with the inevitable always in mind, and for you, it's live like time is just a number.
Alex Morton As you know, I live with the inevitable drawing ever-closer, but I always look ahead, regardless. I felt the full impact of my mortality when I was nine or ten years old, realizing that the very me would vanish. It struck me very hard and I made a conscious decision at that age to put those thoughts aside.
E. Writer It is definitely a difficult thing to process. Especially at that age.
The Absence of Reality: "argues that social and technological advances have created a pseudo-reality, moving humanity away from an unaltered, objective state.
Initium Novum:
This is described as the next stage of human existence, characterized by simulacra and simulated environments, which could lead to human extinction."
This is a breakdown or summarization of my book by Google, and it accurately describes The Absence of Reality and what I predicted for 2030. By extinction, I mean our replacement by AI. Are we coding our own extinction? We are also building a pseudo-reality that will become a simulation. We are in the stages of everything in society becoming digital. We are existing in a digital construct https://www.amazon.com/Absence-Reality-Aphorisms-Observations-Existence/dp/1961823241
This is an interesting fashion show...
https://www.tiktok.com/@ideservecouture/video/7613243792690400542?
When I Get Sick - A Song from my Penelope Book Series. The book series has been about positive messaging to children.
#childrensbooks
I received my Meghan Markle Sussex, "As Ever" products in the mail. I've been wanting to try the flower sprinkles, which is more of a garnish. I wonder if it has a taste. The flowers are Rose, Calendula, and Hibiscus, which are apparently edible. Is As Ever as expected?
#asever