Eclectisism

She refused to be bored, chiefly because she wasn’t boring.

— Zelda Fitzgerald  (via aemurrow)

(Source: brookemcc, via lettersforburning)

heidisaman:

“Human beings are unable to be honest with themselves about themselves. They cannot talk about themselves without embellishing. This script portrays such human beings–the kind who cannot survive without lies to make them feel they are better people than they really are. It even shows…

I hate to add to anything Kurosawa said about such a great film other than to watch and absorb it over and over, because it’s the rare film that I feel is more compelling with each viewing.

One of the greatest people to put pen to paper was Edward Gorey, so happy birthday to him! A favorite of mine is The Gashlycrumb Tinies - in my opinion this link is best enjoyed when you play the above video as you read the story because it always brings this song to mind:

http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2011/01/19/edward-gorey-the-gashlycrumb-tinies/

heidisaman:

“Honestly, reading a script is one of the most difficult things for me. It’s difficult because you can’t imagine the film while reading the script. It’s like an X-ray image. You can never guess the shape of the body by looking at an X-ray image. It’s a very difficult process to transform the…