“The Machinist” is a psychological thriller directed by Brad Anderson and starring Christian Bale. The main character Trevor (Bale) is a machinist who at the start of the film is clearly unwell. He is severely underweight and does not seem to sleep. The movie follows him through his working day, his evening visits to a…
Up the beanstalk and down the rabbit hole It’s time to journey to the other side Into the wardrobe and over the rainbow It’s time to voyage into magic Time to find our destiny To be transformed into who we’re meant to be Until we come home, out of the darkness We’ve vanquished dragons and…
Walking west towards the standing stones Sun descends in blaze of golden light Shadow fingers stretch and reach towards me Cover me with cold and clammy grasp Silent rocks imbued with power stand tall They take the power of the dying light Immutably remain among the cosmos They rest against the universe’s might Darkness falls…
Walking on the beach when the sun has set The soft sigh of waves rolling in Water laps at my feet and recedes Tinted gold under the rising moon One by one the stars appear Their light obliterated by the closest star of all But now as we turn our backs to the sun Their…
Young, invulnerable, cast in iron Bad things happen to others But even iron rusts And bad things come to everyone Stealing strength and focus Leaving shattered pieces behind The words I wasted in my youth have fled from me I chase them down with difficulty Stitching together clumsy sentences Already straining at the seams Ideas…
“The Word for World is Forest” is a science-fiction novella by Ursula Le Guin. It was written during the Vietnam War, and clearly shows the author’s views of that situation, and the harm it was doing, to the natives and the invaders alike. This story discussed colonialism, the environment, imperialism, racism. It holds up a…
Choose peace, said the child As she stood among the soldiers, ethereal and delicate With her hands full of flowers Choose peace while you can They’re full of reasons, the soldiers They’re defending themselves their homes, loved ones, way of life and besides, the enemy is out there and he’ll get you if you don’t…
I have to say, I am rather fond of found footage movies. You need to go into these with the presumption that all characters you are about to see are going to die (there are exceptions to this rule, but they’re rare) but they can be fun and creepy to watch. There is always the…
What story does the rain have to tell In water pattering from the sky Till the gasping ground thirstily gulps Its relief after endless drought What message is there In the singing of raindrops As they drum on the roof Pour from the downpipe Pelt against the windows In an orchestra of percussion What does…
“Galapagos” tells the story of the end of civilization and the evolution (or devolution) of humanity into a form more in keeping with the environment. The general premise is that it is humans and their big brains that are the root cause of what’s wrong with the world. The plot of this novel is fairly…
Eclectic Assemblage 