The need for silence
For my first post on this new blog I'm going to add an image of Tilda Swinton from Béla Tarr's 2007 film, The Man from London, which I watched yesterday. Most of the people in the film struggled to articulate their thoughts and concerns with their counterparts and were often filmed in close-up alone and in moments of intense introspection (as you can see in this image here). I'm going to use this blog as an attempt to articulate some of my thoughts and experiences, and try my hardest to share them in a straightforward but sophisticated fashion.
In my break (gap year) this year after finishing high school last year, and before beginning university next year, I've been doing a great deal of thinking and not having to come up with answers to things... ruminating or incubating I guess you could call it. I have the privilege of being alone in my inarticulacy, encountering it and accepting it, which I think is something that Swinton continues to embody in her various roles in film.
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| An image from The Man from London, Béla Tarr- a brilliant film. |