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KAOS ***
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So finished up the Binge watch on this. Better than expected, some original interpretations and an appropriate amount of justifiable confusion.
Good, in the sense that I'm looking at old material through new eyes, good in that I suspect it might be somewhat a satire on the current state of affairs, with the Gods of Olympus replaced by tech bros Bezos, Musk & Zuckerberg (or not?) - it's openness to interpretation is a strength, not a weakness. The tragedy/comedy of Gods in our own image, played out upon the screen, a subject I'm surprised Yorgos Lanthimos didn't undertake - although if he should choose to I would definitely watch.
I was surprised that Eurydice didn't love Orpheus, it had occurred to me, a long time ago, and then again I had dismissed it as inconceivable, in that same voice from "The Princess Bride", and then again and perhaps it is true?
And while I have my own interpretations that is not what I'm getting, and being challenged is always a good thing.
So, very good, curious, interesting, a surprise as far as Netflix goes...
Watercolours
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And, having come across a few pats of watercolours at the thrift shop I've turned my hands to a new medium.
Watch the YouTube videos, seems straightforward enough, should be a cinch.
How many times have I said this?
Anyways, putting the "mixed" into mixed media, with mixed results. More largely failures and slight (accidental) successes.
Slowly, slowly...
1 September 2024
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This morning, the first of September, noticing the leaves have begun to turn and are falling from the trees.
Time to go and try and start my car.
Last night, work, slow, after work head down to the liquor store.
A bad habit, I know.
And from the alley behind the Hume there's a group of maybe 8 high school students, - slight, of slender build and height, coming out of ???
One of them recognizes me, says "hi", they've just been spelunking in the tunnels under Nelson. And I try and get details - what did they see, find, the only answer is "puddles", it sounds like no discoveries worth mentioning, merely the thrill of discovery.
This morning, coffee, this evening, work, between now and then I have to learn how to paint with watercolors. And that outlines the day...
KAOS
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This, a new series that contemporizes Greek Mythology (sets it in a current-day parallel universe), starring Jeff Goldblum as Zeus and narrated by Prometheus (Stephen Dillane).
Amusing, very well done, not the "10 Stars" the reviews have been giving it - It kind of is impossible to contemporize ancient beliefs and Gods, but it presents it in a way that is probably more accessible to a less classical audience.
AN episode and a half in, I'm not sure I'll stick out the whole series but we'll see.
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