The past is never dead. It is not even past.
I mean, consider you have (film titan) Scorsese quoting (literary great) Faulkner. (go to clip at minute 2:25) If you watch nothing else from the Golden Globes, you have to see this because it's so rich with inspiration.
(And it sort-of makes up for Avatar winning best picture.)
I've been mulling this quote over all day. To a rainy, southern-Californian, subconscious soundtrack to "Taxi Driver."
"The past is never dead. It's not even past."
So simple. So liberating.
You know, after years of trying to get by in a world propelled by decades of "Oprah" self-help bullshit, I just can't get past how liberating it is to hear someone of substance say this.
So, thank you, Scorsese. And Faulkner. And Cecil B. DeMille, and every great artist for bringing us the priceless imagery with which we can then project our own deepest dreams, longings, fears and sorrows.
We desperately need artists, like you, to tell our stories. Especially now.
"The past is never dead. It's not even past."
So simple. So liberating.
You know, after years of trying to get by in a world propelled by decades of "Oprah" self-help bullshit, I just can't get past how liberating it is to hear someone of substance say this.
So, thank you, Scorsese. And Faulkner. And Cecil B. DeMille, and every great artist for bringing us the priceless imagery with which we can then project our own deepest dreams, longings, fears and sorrows.
We desperately need artists, like you, to tell our stories. Especially now.
And, whether or not we know it or not, we are all eternally grateful.
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