i didn’t realize that when i ordered my Elton John ticket, I was also getting the opportunity to see these guys live!
this is how i feel this week
Susan Cain on the power of introverts
In a culture where being social and outgoing are prized above all else, it can be difficult, even shameful, to be an introvert. But, as Susan Cain argues in this passionate talk, introverts bring extraordinary talents and abilities to the world, and should be encouraged and celebrated.
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“The woman with glasses signifies simultaneously intellectuality and undesirability; but the moment she removes her glasses … she is transformed into spectacle, the very picture of desire. Now, it must be remembered that the cliche is a heavily loaded moment of signification, a social knot of meaning. It is characterized by an effect of ease and naturalness. Yet the cliche has a binding power so strong that it indicates a precise moment of ideological danger or threat - in this case, the woman’s appropriation of the gaze. Glasses worn by a woman in the cinema do not signify a deficiency in seeing but an active looking, or even simply the fact of seeing as opposed to being seen. The intellectual woman looks and analyzes, and in usurping the gazer she poses a threat to an entire system of representation.”
-Mary Ann Doane
Via The Beginners:
Hal: Well, let’s say that since you were little, you always dreamed of getting a lion. And you wait, and you wait, and you wait, and you wait but the lion doesn’t come. And along comes a giraffe. You can be alone, or you can be with the giraffe.
Oliver: I’d wait for the lion.
Hal: That’s why I worry about you.Will you wait for the lion?
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