(Author: Jay Ramalingam) Music continues from my previous short blog Plurality of Music or Unity of Vibes?… Everything seems to be energetic vibrations of points and space all the way down. Some groups of vibes consonate or dissonate with each other and synthesize new music just as multiple ripples combine to make new patterns. Music is movement, causing continuous interpenetrating movements. One music group causes another to morph. When the other
“Human beings are unable to be honest with themselves about themselves. They cannot talk about themselves without embellishing.” — Akira Kurosawa Official Trailer: In the words of Richard Feynman: “From a long view of the history of mankind – seen from, say, ten thousand years from now – there can be little doubt that the most significant event of the nineteenth century will be judged as Maxwell’s discovery of the
Official Trailer: First five minutes set the tone for the movie, Neil Armstrong piloting a rocket powered aircraft in the stratosphere and after reaching 140000 feet he can’t get control of the aircraft to descend. It goes in to upward drift, what NASA calls “Ballooning”. With not enough atmosphere for flight controls to bite into, he couldn’t turn. After few dreadful minutes, he regains the control and lands to safety.
With a mix of continuous and on/off lockdowns, WFH (Work From Home) one worthy thing happened is more time for family, work, books, movies, and friends (video chats), not necessarily in that order. Yes, there is frustration and gloomy feeling that hits observing the happenings near and around us, lack of state capacity, and leaders continuing with their politics and optics even in these times when millions of people are
(Author: Jay Ramalingam) Do you hear the music or the vibrations that produce the music? Do you see the table or the wood that makes up the table? Do you inhale the life-nourishing air or the electrons and protons that make up oxygen? Do you feel the emotions or the pattern of neuronal firings that
If you are from 70s & 80s movie goers, you would remember few single screen big theatres had the ritual of raising the screen curtain when the movie is about to start. Usually red curtain that will raise to the theme music of For a Few Dollars More (FFDM). Of course, I didn’t know nothing about FFDM or Ennio Morricone that time. Saw The Mission movie in Chennai 85/86, liked
IR celebrated his 77th birthday June 2, 2020. Even though I wanted to write about him, I held back since I don’t have anything new to say about them. IR has been in the industry for more than 40+ years. His life has been pretty much an open book, meaning, everyone from last 3 generations of people from South India know about him. So much has been written about him.
Official trailer: Imagine this. You have a storyline that looks interesting and good. Core conflict is gripping. You are given a bunch of good actors, well established names in the field, Parthiban, Bhagyaraj, Prathap Pothan, Thiagarajan, and Pandiarajan. Plus, Jyotika who gives the star value and pull factor. You have seen Few good Men, impressed by its court scenes and key plot points, want to use it in the movie
(Author: Jay Ramalingam) Gray musings during the Corona crisis Source: Wiki Commons What do you do, when the building is weakening the foundation? when the paint is scarring the canvas? What do you do, when the clothing is burning the skin? when the medicine is corroding the stomach? What do you do, when roughshod ‘progress’ breaks your compass? when thrashing gets you deeper into the sand? What do you do,
இரந்தும் உயிர்வாழ்தல் வேண்டின் பரந்துகெடுக உலகியற்றி யான் – Thirukural – #1062 (Translation: If the Creator of the world has decreed even begging as means of livelihood, may he too go abegging and perish) NOTE 1: Creator in current context can refer to those who govern or in power. NOTE 2: Be warned….following is a rant…wanted to put it in writing and vent it out. This is what happens when you feel