Fantastic clay animation

Adam Elliot's work Mary and Max is amazing: innocent funny script, beautiful execution and very well chosen music. The "claymation" is really worth it!



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Hakuna Matata

As my 2-week holidays approach, I ask: are you worried about anything?

Hakuna Matata
It means no worries for the rest of your days
It's our problem free philosophy
Hakuna Matata

Now in your own language:

Perceptions of time...

Author: Henrique Vedana
Published on Oct 24th, 2008
http://veds.nomadlife.org/

I watched a video a few days ago and I got totally blown-away. First of all the creativity, the imagination that allowed someone to come up with such a simple concept. Second, at the end, an amount of thoughts came to my mind and today I can't look at stones with the same way I used to!

First watch it yourself, it's the German animation video "Das Rad" (The Wheel), from 2002. It's only 8 minutes long:

What is my perspective of time? Is it real? What is time afterall? When we think a fly has a lifespan of 24-48 hours, who does't think "what a stupid short life!". How stupid short life is OURS, compared to our brothers from the movie... For sure short, too short to think it's important at all, but not stupid, to think it's not relevant. It's all we have!

Today as I get closer to my thirties, I realize that instead of thinking of time I rather think of timing, instead of hours, moments, instead of days, experiences... and stop worrying too much with the moss in my head! :P

CARPE DIEM :D

Blindness

Last night I had the pleasure of watching a strong but brilliant movie: Blindness, inspired on José Saramago's book and directed by Brazilian Fernando Meirelles. In the movie, people suddenly start to get blind. Suspecting the disease is contagious, the government sends all the new blinds to an ex insane asylum. As it fills up, issues like governance, lack of food and relationships start to arrise.

The whole situation made me thing about how oddly we are organised as a society, based on money, concentration of people, security systems and lack of trust, when everybody knows small cells of organisation based on care is always better.

Another thought persisting in my mind is what extreme situations do to human beings. I guess we often see dignity and values going down the drain. But we also witness love arising in the most unexpected moments.

And, finally, someone might ask: in a society where most of us is blind, what is the role of the few ones who see?

Into the Wild

Definitely one of the best movies I've seen lately! And I'm not talking about the technical aspects (though they are really good), but about what it meant to me.

A young guy, searching for truth, leaves behind the theories from school, all the hypocritical relationships, his old car and all the money. He opens up himself completely, meets simple and diverse people along the way, builds a deep and trusting relationship with nature, keeps being free and grows fantastically in wisdom.

"So now, after two rambling years comes the final and greatest adventure.
The climactic battle to kill the false being within and victoriously conclude the spiritual revolution.
No longer to be poisoned by civilization, he flees, and walks alone upon the land to become lost... in the wild."


The soundtrack, written and sung by Eddie Vedder (Pearl Jam leader), also freaked me out with parts such as:

"It's a mystery to me
we have a greed
with which we have agreed

You think you have to want
more than you need
until you have it all you won't be free

Society, you're a crazy breed
I hope you're not lonely without me"

More? Check out the Into the Wild official website and/or the clip below. And please leave your comments once you watch it.