~ Dignity of Man ~

Four things support the world:
the learning of the wise, the justice of the great,
the prayers of the good, and the valor of the brave.
~ Muhammad ~

The Soul of the Bone / A Alma do Osso (2004)

Director: Cao Guimarães
Producer: Beto Magalhães
Genre: Documentary / Experimental
Country: Brazil
Language: Portuguese / PT / ES / EN subtitles

Loneliness and the relationship between man and nature.

A alma do osso is an experimental documentary about  Domingos Albino Ferreira (also known as Dominguinhos da Pedra), a 71-year-old man who has lived alone for 41 years in caves in the countryside region of Itambé do Mato Dentro, Minas Gerais (Brazil). He survives on a meagre pension from the Brazilian government.

It starts with an epigraph by Guimarães Rosa: ‘Loneliness is too much for ourselves’. There are no dialogues or interviews in this documentary, and almost no speech. Practically all the information we receive comes from the images and sounds that characterize the countryside: beautiful landscapes of green hills and the sea, the man’s cave and the sounds of nature.

~ Pragmatic Paradigm ~

To Thales the primary question was not what do we know,
but how do we know it.
~ Aristotle ~

~ Mental Motivation ~

There is one thing stronger than all the armies in the world,
and that is an idea whose time has come.
~ Victor Hugo ~

Spin (2005)

Director: Jamin Winans
Producer: Joe Sekiya
Genre: Art House Film / Short
Country: United States
Language: English / None

God is a DJ or study the idea that less is more. On Fallen Angels, Free Will, and Fixing the World.

The Double Edge Films production, Spin is the story of a mysterious DJ trying to fix a chain of events and reactions that occur in our everyday lives. Everything from casual indifference mixed with confidence to disbelief and determination the disk jockey plays god using his DJ turntables as a time machine. A demonstration of how the smallest things can make the biggest differences. Winner of 35 film festival awards worldwide.

~ Center of Gravity ~

What makes things happen?
Where is the limit of stability and why we lost our balance?
~ Equilibrium ~

~ Causality ~

The Ten Rules for Being Human:
1. You will receive a body.
2. You will be presented with lessons.
3. There are no mistakes, only lessons.
4. Lessons are repeated until learned.
5. Learning does not end.
6. “There” is no better than “here.”
7. Others are only mirrors of you.
8. What you make of your life is up to you.
9. All the answers lie inside of you.
10. You will forget all of this at birth.
~ Chérie Carter Scott ~

~ To Be or Not to Be ~

Freedom
is the will to be responsible to ourselves.
~ Friedrich Nietzsche ~