second thought:
aren't we all somehow the caveman? the jesus? the friend of Columbus?
don't we carry the gene?
aren't we sharing similar thought patterns if we read Sartre like a person from same era of his? or even a friend of his?
Figuratively, we all have the potential to be the caveman as defined in this movie,
Figuratively, we all have the potential to remember, to believe and to be faithful to our principles,
Figuratively. we all have the potential not to get rotten, not to get old, not to get used to, not to get trapped in the physics of our life and to keep going, moving, and learning.
The man from earth
Dr. Will: you need help!
John: we all need help.
Dr. Will: well, some need it more than others!
I liked the movies, perhaps for the shocking questions they asked each other towards the end:
Harry: Linda was half right!
John: which half?
Harry: I have to throw away half of I know about biology!
John: which half?
Dan: so which half? are we supposed to keep and which half are we supposed to throw, this life is so full of possibilities.
I would not say it was very strong but since I was looking at it from psychological point view cause psychology is my main focus these days, then I would say it was a confirmation that to a large extend we allow our brain to be deceived, and despite all scientific evidences, we wish that ferry tales, myths and miracles were all somehow true and are still true and above all, they can happen to us.
footnote: I thought some time about it, I thought if I should at all say what I really was caught up thinking about, once the movie was over. It is strange that I spend more time thinking to write or not to write than than the time I spent to write a bout the movie itself.
Was I scared of stating my thoughts? well somehow yes, this can partially explain why I stay away from social networks, simply because I think differently! It has always been painful to be different, but this is 21st century for god sake! After all, it should not be a great deal, we all believe that we think differently. Yet, what I hate are the comments and judgements I get from people who do not bother to comprehend this difference and do not respect it with fairness! ok, you did not get it, let it be, you do not need to prove me wrong, to cover for your lack of genuine ideas!
look at this typical conversation at coffee shop:
-how have you been doing?
~everything is ok, how about you?
-I just came back from the trip to ...
~how was it? fun?
-oh, yeah, you know these people are...
judgments begin! no idea exchange, not critical thinking thinking, no intellectual engagement!
now look at this one after a movie:
-let'e sit down and have a drink?
gonna be same general talk, you get board and ask what do think of the movie, what was he trying to say?
-oh, such a pessimism! it was also weak and boring, no story!
to my amazement no ideas! only judgment, till I dare to say what I think abut the movie, so I put my idea on the table to be attacked!
-oh, no I think you are biased, you know I think...
the ball keeps on rolling, arguments, discussion and loudly stating what each one thinks about what the other person says, they missed that I did not put myself on the table to be criticized, it was just a single abstract opinion about a movie!
We criticize each other's talks, behavior and presumed thoughts, we have stopped thinking about the context, we are missing the skills for critical thinking. I have been paralyzed with the fear of being judged, my thoughts, character, personality, future and past for a statement or a claim or just an opinion regarding a specific matter in a specific context and perhaps specific emotional mental state.
Oh god! I have also become judgmental, this was supposed to be movie critique but ended up discussion critique!
I am going mad...
John: we all need help.
Dr. Will: well, some need it more than others!
I liked the movies, perhaps for the shocking questions they asked each other towards the end:
Harry: Linda was half right!
John: which half?
Harry: I have to throw away half of I know about biology!
John: which half?
Dan: so which half? are we supposed to keep and which half are we supposed to throw, this life is so full of possibilities.
I would not say it was very strong but since I was looking at it from psychological point view cause psychology is my main focus these days, then I would say it was a confirmation that to a large extend we allow our brain to be deceived, and despite all scientific evidences, we wish that ferry tales, myths and miracles were all somehow true and are still true and above all, they can happen to us.
footnote: I thought some time about it, I thought if I should at all say what I really was caught up thinking about, once the movie was over. It is strange that I spend more time thinking to write or not to write than than the time I spent to write a bout the movie itself.
Was I scared of stating my thoughts? well somehow yes, this can partially explain why I stay away from social networks, simply because I think differently! It has always been painful to be different, but this is 21st century for god sake! After all, it should not be a great deal, we all believe that we think differently. Yet, what I hate are the comments and judgements I get from people who do not bother to comprehend this difference and do not respect it with fairness! ok, you did not get it, let it be, you do not need to prove me wrong, to cover for your lack of genuine ideas!
look at this typical conversation at coffee shop:
-how have you been doing?
~everything is ok, how about you?
-I just came back from the trip to ...
~how was it? fun?
-oh, yeah, you know these people are...
judgments begin! no idea exchange, not critical thinking thinking, no intellectual engagement!
now look at this one after a movie:
-let'e sit down and have a drink?
gonna be same general talk, you get board and ask what do think of the movie, what was he trying to say?
-oh, such a pessimism! it was also weak and boring, no story!
to my amazement no ideas! only judgment, till I dare to say what I think abut the movie, so I put my idea on the table to be attacked!
-oh, no I think you are biased, you know I think...
the ball keeps on rolling, arguments, discussion and loudly stating what each one thinks about what the other person says, they missed that I did not put myself on the table to be criticized, it was just a single abstract opinion about a movie!
We criticize each other's talks, behavior and presumed thoughts, we have stopped thinking about the context, we are missing the skills for critical thinking. I have been paralyzed with the fear of being judged, my thoughts, character, personality, future and past for a statement or a claim or just an opinion regarding a specific matter in a specific context and perhaps specific emotional mental state.
Oh god! I have also become judgmental, this was supposed to be movie critique but ended up discussion critique!
I am going mad...
Death of Author
"The reader is the space on which all the quotations that make up a writing are inscribed without any of them being lost; a text’s unity lies not in its origin but in its destination. Yet this destination cannot any longer be personal: the reader is without history, biography, psychology; he is simply that someone who holds together in a single field all the traces by which the written text is constituted."
Roland Barthes
The author dies, with his ideas the moment he puts them down or the moment he publishes them?
whichever, once read the author dies and the reader is born; it does not matter what the author meant, intended to say or thought, from there onwards the reader only matters and his understanding, the reader gives meaning to the writing the reader gives life and identity to the writing, the reader perceives, describes and comprehends.
Can we accept and face the fact that: the understandings of the readers is the true achievement of a writing, what the author means does not matter
Roland Barthes
The author dies, with his ideas the moment he puts them down or the moment he publishes them?
whichever, once read the author dies and the reader is born; it does not matter what the author meant, intended to say or thought, from there onwards the reader only matters and his understanding, the reader gives meaning to the writing the reader gives life and identity to the writing, the reader perceives, describes and comprehends.
Can we accept and face the fact that: the understandings of the readers is the true achievement of a writing, what the author means does not matter
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