by Wim Wenders
Hirayama cleans public toilets in Tokyo, lives his life in simplicity and daily tranquility. Some encounters also lead him to reflect on himself.
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Month: March 2024
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Some people die at 25 and aren’t buried until 75. – Benjamin Franklin
by Walter Iaascson
This book didn’t really change my mind about musk. Remarkable man, huge asshole.
I guess I do appreciate what he accomplished a bit more.
Good read, but not Iaascson’s best. Lags towards the end.
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Article about Iranian cinema
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Trucks Tedeschi band
Saw Trucks Tedeschi band with D at Warner Theater. Good show.
https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/tedeschi-trucks-band/2024/warner-theatre-washington-dc-4baab782.html
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Dear March – Come in –
by Emily Dickenson Dear March - Come in - How glad I am - I hoped for you before - Put down your Hat - You must have walked - How out of Breath you are - Dear March, how are you, and the Rest - Did you leave Nature well - Oh March, Come right up stairs with me - I have so much to tell - I got your Letter, and the Birds - The Maples never knew that you were coming - I declare - how Red their Faces grew - But March, forgive me - All those Hills you left for me to Hue - There was no Purple suitable - You took it all with you - Who knocks? That April - Lock the Door - I will not be pursued - He stayed away a Year to call When I am occupied - But trifles look so trivial As soon as you have come
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Pass through this brief patch of time in harmony with nature, and come to your final resting place gracefully, just as a ripened olive might drop, praising the earth that nourished it and grateful to the tree that gave it growth. —MARCUS AURELIUS, MEDITATIONS, 4.48
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We must give up many things to which we are addicted, considering them to be good. Otherwise, courage will vanish, which should continually test itself. Greatness of soul will be lost, which can’t stand out unless it disdains as petty what the mob regards as most desirable. —SENECA, MORAL LETTERS, 74.12b–13