When masks, were first introduced as part of dramatic prop in the plays it was greeted with derision. In the Archaic age a Greek tragic poet once insisted on an actor to wear one and he was told he was making a monkey out of his audience. The actor who was to play the role [...]
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Life As A Mask
Posted in philosophy, religion,, tagged life as a stage, Masks, truth of nature on June 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Truth of Nature
Posted in philosophy, religion,, tagged Cosmos, God, Laws of Physics, nature on June 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The word magnet owes its name to the Greek coastal city of Magnesia where loadstones were found. For the natives these stones were something unusual that Thales, a philosopher defined a loadstone as having a soul that can move iron. Of course the Greeks explained Nature according to their level of understanding and we in [...]
Double Indemnity-1944
Posted in Hollywood films, tagged 100 Best Films, Bill Wilder, film noir, Hollywood mainstream, Raymond Chandler on June 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Double indemnity is a legal term: it is a provision or clause in a life insurance or accident policy whereby the company agrees to pay twice the face of the contract in cases of accidental death. Legalese wording may be dry as dust but Billy Wilder could make it still sparkle as star dust. The [...]
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