Frontiers Friday #70. Gifts That Keep On Giving (Part II)
Frontiers Friday #70. Gifts That Keep On Giving (Part II)
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As we approach the new year, I thought I'd keep things light with the following Five Frontiers Friday recommendations:
📽 Movie: Don't Look Up
An astronomy Ph.D.candidate discovers a comet heading to earth that could obliterate us. Besides her Professor, no one else is listening.
It's somewhat of a dark humor. I can't quite pin-point why I loved this movie. It's a simple narrative, but thought provoking as a parallel of our times.
The ending scene lingers in my mind. (Tip: Watch pass the credits).
Available on Netflix.
📽 Movie: Soul
This is one of my favorite Pixar animation.
The theme wrestles with the question of life's purpose. It is so well crafted.
Spoiler: Finding "life's purpose" can potentially be a trap.
The music is also spectacularly apt. I was surprised to find out that Trent Reznor from Nine Inch Nails and Atticus Ross composed the soundtrack. If you are interested, listen to the behind the scenes of the making of the soundtrack, and for more about the movie, see this 8 min youtube video.
🎹 Music: Music for Psychelic Therapy by Jon Hopkins
I've been a fan of Jon Hopkins music, so I was thrilled to hear that he has a new album out.
The album title sounds "trippy," but what's really intriguing is that unlike some cheap spa music, the intricacies involved in the the ambient field recordings done in Ecuador makes this album enchanting and, dare I say, therapeutic.
This album is now in my "Focused" playlist with other artists like Nils Frahm and Goldmund, used when I am doing writing.
👓 Web-Read: Action vs Inaction of Regrets
I'm a fan of Dan Pink's writings. In anticipation of his forthcoming book on Regrets, he has this post on the distinction between action and inaction types of regrets.
In his survey, Pink found that 20-year-olds have about equal numbers of the two types of regret. But as people get a little older, what begins to haunt them are inactions, not actions.
In other words, we end up regretting not what we did, but what we didn't do. Let this serve you into right actions as we move to the coming new year.
5. ⏸ Words Worth Contemplating:
"Those who say yes are rewarded by the adventures they have. Those who say no are rewarded by the safety they attain." ~ Improv teacher, Keith Johnstone.
Reflection:
Can we allow ourselves a "do-over?"
What new adventure might you allow yourself to take in the coming new year?
Bless This Space Between Us. Happy 2022.
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