Tuesday, July 29, 2008

The mystical Penn

I was planning on going back to the lab last night, but started to watch one of my favorite movies on amc- Mystic river. Every time I have seen that movie, I see something more, absorb a little something more, peel away a few more layers on Sean Penn's inscrutable face. That is what is so good about it. There is so much more than what meets my untrained and inexperienced eye. Gosh! He is definitely one of the most remarkable actors of our time.

Friday, July 25, 2008

On carrots and sticks

Please do NOT dangle 'happiness' on a stick in front of you and try chasing it. It is futile. You will end up running behind it, pursuing it, touching it on its periphery and sometimes, much to your disappointment, may even skirt it altogether. Rather, it is better if you try walking alongside it, stay within its sphere of influence, ensconced in it all the while, while you prance about your daily life. Going back to the stick, what should really be on it, is something entirely different- hope! Toy with it in every way you want to!! It should always be there right in front of you.