March 23, 2014

Good Morning!

Today is the birthday of Akira Kurosawa (1910 – 1998) who said:

“Man is a genius when he is dreaming.”

and

“To be an artist means never to avert one's eyes.”

and

“People today have forgotten they're really just a part of nature. Yet, they destroy the nature on which our lives depend. They always think they can make something better. Especially scientists. They may be smart, but most don't understand the heart of nature. They only invent things that, in the end, make people unhappy. Yet they're so proud of their inventions. What's worse, most people are, too. They view them as if they were miracles. They worship them. They don't know it, but they're losing nature. They don't see that they're going to perish. The most important things for human beings are clean air and clean water.”

It is also the birthday of Philip G. Zimbardo (1933 - ) who said:

“Heroes are those who can somehow resist the power of the situation and act out of noble motives, or behave in ways that do not demean others when they easily can.”

Happy Birthday to Michael Haneke (1942 - ) who said:

“What we're doing for another person is more important than what we're feeling for them.”

and

“There is just as much evil in all of us as there is good. We're all continuously guilty, even if we're not doing it intentionally to be evil. Here we are sitting in luxury hotels, living it up on the the backs of others in the third world. We all have a guilty conscience, but we do very little about it.”

Finally, a very special birthday greeting to Damon Albarn (1968 - ) who sang:

“No one here is alone,

satellites in every home

Yes the universal's here,

here for everyone

Every paper that you read

Says tomorrow is your lucky day

Well, here's your lucky day

It really, really, really could happen

Yes, it really, really, really could happen

When the days they seem to fall through you, well just let them go”

and

“Tender is the night

Lying by your side

Tender is the touch

Of someone that you love too much

Tender is the day

The demons go away

Lord I need to find

Someone who can heal my mind”