A little bit of Love
This morning I was watching an old silent movie… made in 1922… very dramatic… the camera was focusing mainly on the faces of the actors… one statement struck me…
”with a little bit of love… nobody shall have to suffer and be lost”…
I guess that is how cinema started… facial expressions and a few statements by the main actors… It is curious how the art of cinema developed…
First the development of the camera… from still photos to the movement of actors on a stage… and a few lines of text…
Then the actors were on the outdoors… creating scenes and special effects… and noises on a few lines of text…
Then came the vocal film… followed by Technicolor… making mega effects and focusing on everything…
In watching this film… I realized that Aldous Huxley was writing Brave New World in that same period… in the “Belle Époque”… after the War that will end all Wars… and before the Holocaust…
I guess we forgot these old silent movies… we even forgot Brave New World…
”with a little bit of love… nobody shall have to suffer and be lost”…
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Friday, October 2, 2009
Quake
Quake…
As I watch the various disasters… I try and list them to understand what is going on…
- Tsunami in Samoa and Tonga
- Earthquakes in Indonesia
- Mudslide in Messina, Sicily
- Typhoon in the Philippine
Then we have… unemployment at 9.5%… and other “bad news”…
We then have the debate(s) on Health for all Americans…
what is there to debate… I thought that the well being of its citizens was part of the Constitution… how can you have pursuit of happiness without well being…
On the good news side… let us go to Rio de Janeiro and celebrate the 2016 Olympics… the one thing that the Brazilians excel is to celebrate…
Peace
As I watch the various disasters… I try and list them to understand what is going on…
- Tsunami in Samoa and Tonga
- Earthquakes in Indonesia
- Mudslide in Messina, Sicily
- Typhoon in the Philippine
Then we have… unemployment at 9.5%… and other “bad news”…
We then have the debate(s) on Health for all Americans…
what is there to debate… I thought that the well being of its citizens was part of the Constitution… how can you have pursuit of happiness without well being…
On the good news side… let us go to Rio de Janeiro and celebrate the 2016 Olympics… the one thing that the Brazilians excel is to celebrate…
Peace
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Tennis 1
Tennis 1
Well, I did it… my first steps in holding a racquet and shooting some balls against a wall…
This afternoon I took my racquet and some balls and off I went to the park next door and did just that…
I am still a bit stiff… and hesitate in moving laterally… but that was expected… with Parkinson’s and all…
But I am confident that my muscles will develop… and I will ignore Parkinson… in the same way that I continue living without any Parkinson medication…
Other than tennis… I am proceeding in my de-boxing… and trying to fit all my stuff in a studio smaller than the one I was living before… but the atmosphere here in Stevenson House is much more positive… so I hope getting more involved… and find my niche…
Gone are the sirens of the two to four ambulances which come daily at Valley Village… but also gone is my seeing the little cat that lives by the mall where I had my daily coffee… I have to convince Bill to go visit the kitty…
More to come as I settle down…
Well, I did it… my first steps in holding a racquet and shooting some balls against a wall…
This afternoon I took my racquet and some balls and off I went to the park next door and did just that…
I am still a bit stiff… and hesitate in moving laterally… but that was expected… with Parkinson’s and all…
But I am confident that my muscles will develop… and I will ignore Parkinson… in the same way that I continue living without any Parkinson medication…
Other than tennis… I am proceeding in my de-boxing… and trying to fit all my stuff in a studio smaller than the one I was living before… but the atmosphere here in Stevenson House is much more positive… so I hope getting more involved… and find my niche…
Gone are the sirens of the two to four ambulances which come daily at Valley Village… but also gone is my seeing the little cat that lives by the mall where I had my daily coffee… I have to convince Bill to go visit the kitty…
More to come as I settle down…
Friday, September 18, 2009
Omnipresent Tikva
Omnipresent Tikva
In the last couple of weeks, I have been thinking alot about Tikva... such a sweet girl... I am with you my little angel... very much with you...
This morning I went to see her and got her two roses... one a peachy yellow... and the other a sweet pink... Ethel, of the grey army, told me that it was very appropriate for a little girl...
It kinda caught me by surprise... because I have been thinking of Tikva as a little angel, rather than a little girl... I guess i should widen my horizons...
Then I thought... Tikva is with me in this new year and the move to Palo Alto...
Thank you my little angel...
I love you
Nonno
In the last couple of weeks, I have been thinking alot about Tikva... such a sweet girl... I am with you my little angel... very much with you...
This morning I went to see her and got her two roses... one a peachy yellow... and the other a sweet pink... Ethel, of the grey army, told me that it was very appropriate for a little girl...
It kinda caught me by surprise... because I have been thinking of Tikva as a little angel, rather than a little girl... I guess i should widen my horizons...
Then I thought... Tikva is with me in this new year and the move to Palo Alto...
Thank you my little angel...
I love you
Nonno
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
I'm Moving
Yes, I am moving... to Palo Alto... it is more familiar... more pleasent environment... more activities... it feels like going back...
Some twenty three years ago I found out I had Parkinson's...
I remember asking my doctor what does that mean... I was fortythree at the time... his answer was simple... "In five years from now you will be unable to do certain things you are doing today..."
That is why I started playing tennis, and continued playing diligently for some ten years... till I dislocated my elbow while playing tennis...
Well, inspite of the rigidity of my legs(due to my Parkinson) I will try and shooting some balls on the wall in Mitchel Park, just one hundred meters from my new home...
Here is my new address:
Ivo Adam
455 east Charleston Road
apt A321
Palo Alto, CA 94306
ivo.adam@gmail.com
408-627-3333
the e-mail and telephone remain unchanged
good luck to you
Ivo
Some twenty three years ago I found out I had Parkinson's...
I remember asking my doctor what does that mean... I was fortythree at the time... his answer was simple... "In five years from now you will be unable to do certain things you are doing today..."
That is why I started playing tennis, and continued playing diligently for some ten years... till I dislocated my elbow while playing tennis...
Well, inspite of the rigidity of my legs(due to my Parkinson) I will try and shooting some balls on the wall in Mitchel Park, just one hundred meters from my new home...
Here is my new address:
Ivo Adam
455 east Charleston Road
apt A321
Palo Alto, CA 94306
ivo.adam@gmail.com
408-627-3333
the e-mail and telephone remain unchanged
good luck to you
Ivo
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
Jair
On September 12th would have been my friend’s Jair Levitt (ne Yankelevitch) sixty fifth birthday…
Unfortunately, Jair was so deep in his addiction to Alcohol that he succumbed and ended his life…
I keep wondering if I could have intervened… and saved him… but I was, at that time, so involved in combating my own addiction that I was unable to deal with Jair’s problem…
Well… I made it… over three years of sobriety… and I am proud of myself… proud of refusing to look at any temptation which will remotely lead to addiction…
Jair my friend, rest in peace… and may you find serenity in your eternal life…
Unfortunately, Jair was so deep in his addiction to Alcohol that he succumbed and ended his life…
I keep wondering if I could have intervened… and saved him… but I was, at that time, so involved in combating my own addiction that I was unable to deal with Jair’s problem…
Well… I made it… over three years of sobriety… and I am proud of myself… proud of refusing to look at any temptation which will remotely lead to addiction…
Jair my friend, rest in peace… and may you find serenity in your eternal life…
Monday, August 10, 2009
Yesterday
Yesterday I went to see my little Tikva… she was very close… but also very far… My sweet angel… my little drifter… my blessing… I feel you so close… even when I noticed that one little bear had moved a few slots away to visit a friend… well, he is back with the other two bears… making… “three little bears sitting on chairs…”
I also noticed that someone came by and put some yellow poppies in the vase… Thank you, whoever you are…
This morning I went to the Mall for coffee… and I passed by kittie’s house… as soon as he saw me he came and asked where have I been all these days… I told him that I brought him some snack… I also told him about my visiting Tikva… but the cat was so intent in eating his snack… his attention was on his food…
Well, that’s how cats think… I’ll try again next time…
I also noticed that someone came by and put some yellow poppies in the vase… Thank you, whoever you are…
This morning I went to the Mall for coffee… and I passed by kittie’s house… as soon as he saw me he came and asked where have I been all these days… I told him that I brought him some snack… I also told him about my visiting Tikva… but the cat was so intent in eating his snack… his attention was on his food…
Well, that’s how cats think… I’ll try again next time…
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