The view from Sirius……I was exploring the origins of this idea today (it’s actually a French phrase “point de vue de sirius”), and found that someone had helpfully linked it to this clip from the great Dead Poets’ Society (haven’t seen that film in YEARS!) I like it. In French, this idea relates to the [...]
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View from Sirius
Posted in from the living room, from the reading room, life, movies, personal growth, philosophy on April 15, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Interesting numbers
Posted in from the living room, movies on March 12, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Is it just boys who are fascinated by numbers? Remember this scene from that great Scottish movie, Gregory’s Girl? Well, you tell me….but here are some numbers I find completely fascinating. In India, an aeon (a Day of Brahma), is 4,320,000,000 days, is followed by a Night of Brahma, which lasts another 4,320,000,000 days. That’s [...]
Angels
Posted in from the dark room, from the living room, from the viewing room, life, movies, music, photography on December 22, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I saw this angel overlooking George Square in Glasgow…….got me thinking about angels and one of my favourite films of all time – Wim Wender’s “Wings of Desire”. If you haven’t seen it, you might have seen the US re-make which was called “City of Angels”. What I love about this movie is how it [...]
Movies to teach the importance of story
Posted in from the viewing room, health, movies, personal growth on June 12, 2008 | 7 Comments »
The TV News each evening doesn’t carry many uplifting stories but tonight on channel 4 news they had a piece that grabbed me and fed my optimistic nature. It was about Filmclub. This is a project started by Director, Beeban Kidron, which introduces movies into schools throughout England. She’s had a trial running and it’s [...]
Mind-bending Movies
Posted in from the viewing room, movies, neuroscience, psychology on June 10, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I love movies. I’m an addict. I think it’s my insatiable thirst for stories which hooks me. I’m not a fan of the blockbuster kind of movie that’s all special effects though. I like a movie which draws me in and absorbs me in the characters and the story. Of course, that fits with my [...]
Happy-go-lucky
Posted in from the viewing room, humour, life, movies on April 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I’m a big fan of Mike Leigh, but although there is a lot of humour in many of his movies, they’re generally pretty dark. His latest movie, Happy-go-lucky, is quite different, yet it retains those essential characteristics of Mike Leigh films – I can’t quite explain it but he manages to make you both care [...]
Out of Control
Posted in from the consulting room, from the viewing room, health, movies on March 12, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I use movie clips a lot when teaching. I’ve posted a bit about some of the movies I use before (put “how we cope – learning from the movies” into the search box at the top right of this blog to see some examples). People now often suggest movies I might want to see because [...]
Not just what you say, but the way you say it
Posted in from the viewing room, movies, narrative, video on March 3, 2008 | 5 Comments »
We construct our sense of self, and we experience our own very unique lives through the tool of narrative. Narrative means the story and the way its told. This is something I look for all the time during my consultations. I’m interested to notice not just the words people use but the tone of voice, [...]
The Water Experience
Posted in creativity, from the dark room, from the music room, from the viewing room, movies, music, video on November 22, 2007 | 2 Comments »
A big part of the debate about homeopathy centres on the issue of ultra-high dilutions of medicines. One of the explanations wheeled out is something called ‘the memory of water’ – it’s a catchy phrase but very problematic. Does water have a memory and if so, how does that work? The anti-homeopathy campaigners say it [...]
How we cope – learning from the movies. Part 5
Posted in from the consulting room, from the viewing room, health, life, movies on October 5, 2007 | 2 Comments »
This series is about using the movies to help us understand how we are all different, how we experience the world differently and how we all try to cope with challenges and change in our own ways. One of the commonest responses to challenge, is to withdraw – to hide, retreat, shut down. It’s an [...]
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