An Apology, A Pair of Quotes, and a Suggestion

“To do two things at once is to do neither.” — Publilius Syrus

First, the apology: I fell off the “FFFEYIBA” wagon back around Easter time and haven’t been able to to climb back on yet. Partially, that’s because I’ve been busy at work, but a more complete reason is probably the fact that 1993 is a very, VERY big year for me, and I haven’t found myself quite satisfied with my initial attempts to discuss that year’s featured film…yet. My plan/hope is to be back on track by next Monday, and to move forward on a weekly basis thereafter, once again. We’ll see.

Second, a pair of quotes that have been taking up a lot of my headspace lately.

“A book read by a thousand different people is a thousand different books.”
—Andrei Tarkovsky, Sculpting in Time

“The true reader reads every work seriously in the sense that he reads it whole-heartedly, makes himself as receptive as he can. But for that very reason he cannot possibly read every work solemnly or gravely. For he will read ‘in the same spirit that the author writ’.”—C.S. Lewis, An Experiment in Criticism

And lastly, the suggestion: Read both those books. Please. Especially An Experiment in Criticism, which has influenced my thinking about art and criticism about as heavily as one’s thinking can possibly be influenced.

TTFN.