September 30, 2014

Got About Illumination Info

I saw a film by Krzysztof Zanussi recently, called Illumination. It is a film about science: its ethics, politics, successes and failures, and the ambitious young physicist who is trying to find his way. Anyone who is interested in science would enjoy this film, and what is interesting is that even though this is a film from 1974, the issues and scientific accomplishments it covers are particularly relevant and current. Illumination is St Augustine's theory that moments of clarity and understanding come about in a Platonic revelation of the real world that is more a result of a purity of heart than intellectual effort.

September 30, 2014

The importance of the first voice

She did her best to push everything out of her mind, choosing instead to focus by losing herself in the mere act of jogging. The utter repetition of picking up her feet and putting them back down again, one at a time, over and over, the scenery changing both suddenly and gradually, looking up and realizing over ragged breath that she'd come nearly two miles was therapy in and of itself. And to think that people pay for doctors, she laughed as she took and kicked forward again, her mind drifting away from running and where she was until reality jammed its way back into her life, jammed itself right and square and undeniable as before her she saw