"In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years."~Abraham Lincoln
Every day finds us in the deep end of the pool. Leap in with both feet and start swimming.
Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986)
Directed by: John Hughes
Written by: John Hughes
**Blog Elul is the brainchild of Rabbi Phyllis Sommer. Her blog and various links can be found at http://imabima.blogspot.ca
Tuesday, 25 August 2015
Monday, 24 August 2015
Blog Elul Day 9-See
"My fascination with letting images repeat and repeat-or in film's case 'run on'-manifests my belief that we spend much of our lives seeing without observing."~Andy Warhol
What we see is only the surface. What we observe is the full formation and depth of the matter.
Rear Window (1954)
Directed by: Alfred Hitchcock
Written by: John Michael Hayes (based on the short story by Cornell Woolwich)
**Blog Elul is the brainchild of Rabbi Phyllis Sommer. Her blog and various links can be found at http://imabima.blogspot.ca
What we see is only the surface. What we observe is the full formation and depth of the matter.
Rear Window (1954)
Directed by: Alfred Hitchcock
Written by: John Michael Hayes (based on the short story by Cornell Woolwich)
**Blog Elul is the brainchild of Rabbi Phyllis Sommer. Her blog and various links can be found at http://imabima.blogspot.ca
Sunday, 23 August 2015
Blog Elul Day 8-Hear
"The voice of intellect is a soft one, but it does not rest until it has gained a hearing."~Sigmund Freud
We hear, we listen, we pay attention, we understand.
The Court Jester (1955)
Directed by: Melvin Frank, Norman Panama
Written by: Norman Panama, Melvin Frank
**Blog Elul is the brainchild of Rabbi Phyllis Sommer. Her blog and various links can be found at http://imabima.blogspot.ca
**Danny Kaye was a genius and one of my all-time favourites. Just watch and hear his comedic grace.
We hear, we listen, we pay attention, we understand.
The Court Jester (1955)
Directed by: Melvin Frank, Norman Panama
Written by: Norman Panama, Melvin Frank
**Blog Elul is the brainchild of Rabbi Phyllis Sommer. Her blog and various links can be found at http://imabima.blogspot.ca
**Danny Kaye was a genius and one of my all-time favourites. Just watch and hear his comedic grace.
Saturday, 22 August 2015
Blog Elul Day 7-Be
"Freedom lies in being bold."~Robert Frost
Our forward path towards self-satisfaction is dependent on us being who we were meant to be. We are the masters of our own fate.
On The Waterfront (1954)
Directed by: Elia Kazan
Written by: Budd Schulberg
**Blog Elul is the brainchild of Rabbi Phyllis Sommer. Her blog and various links can be found at http://imabima.blogspot.ca
Our forward path towards self-satisfaction is dependent on us being who we were meant to be. We are the masters of our own fate.
On The Waterfront (1954)
Directed by: Elia Kazan
Written by: Budd Schulberg
**Blog Elul is the brainchild of Rabbi Phyllis Sommer. Her blog and various links can be found at http://imabima.blogspot.ca
Friday, 21 August 2015
Blog Elul Day 6-Know
"The only true wisdom is knowing you know nothing"~Socrates
Our greatest arrogance arises when we are convinced we know everything.
To Have and Have Not (1944)
Directed by: Howard Hawkes
Written by: Jules Furthman based on the novel by Ernest Hemingway
**Blog Elul is the brainchild of Rabbi Phyllis Sommer. Her blog and various links can be found at http://imabima.blogspot.com
Our greatest arrogance arises when we are convinced we know everything.
To Have and Have Not (1944)
Directed by: Howard Hawkes
Written by: Jules Furthman based on the novel by Ernest Hemingway
**Blog Elul is the brainchild of Rabbi Phyllis Sommer. Her blog and various links can be found at http://imabima.blogspot.com
Thursday, 20 August 2015
Blog Elul Day 5-Accept
"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it."~Aristotle
Our growth into fully-formed human beings is dependant upon the acceptance of thoughts and philosophies contrary to our own.
12 Angry Men (1957)
Directed by: Sidney Lumet
Written by: Reginald Rose
**Blog Elul is the brainchild of Rabbi Phyllis Sommer. Her blog and various links can be found at http://imabima.blogspot.ca
Our growth into fully-formed human beings is dependant upon the acceptance of thoughts and philosophies contrary to our own.
12 Angry Men (1957)
Directed by: Sidney Lumet
Written by: Reginald Rose
**Blog Elul is the brainchild of Rabbi Phyllis Sommer. Her blog and various links can be found at http://imabima.blogspot.ca
Wednesday, 19 August 2015
Blog Elul Day 4-Understand
"Peace cannot be kept by force; it can only be achieved by understanding."~Albert Einstein
We may celebrate the teaching, but we should never assume the understanding. It is only at that point where a truthful exchange of ideas might be held.
Charade (1963)
Directed by: Stanley Donen
Written by: Peter Stone and Marc Behm
**Blog Elul is the brainchild of Rabbi Phyllis Sommer. Her blog and various links can be found at http://imabima.blogspot.ca
** This film was a favourite of my Aunt Marlene's. Watching it again brought back sweet memories. This blogging exercise is touching me in ways that I didn't expect. Truly a month of introspection.
We may celebrate the teaching, but we should never assume the understanding. It is only at that point where a truthful exchange of ideas might be held.
Charade (1963)
Directed by: Stanley Donen
Written by: Peter Stone and Marc Behm
**Blog Elul is the brainchild of Rabbi Phyllis Sommer. Her blog and various links can be found at http://imabima.blogspot.ca
** This film was a favourite of my Aunt Marlene's. Watching it again brought back sweet memories. This blogging exercise is touching me in ways that I didn't expect. Truly a month of introspection.
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