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2islander2
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by the sea

0 posted 2008-09-05 12:11 PM


While I work
and feel some people
around me,
I can’t help
thinking
to the movie
Shining
from Stanley
Kubrick
I quote:
” All work
and no play
makes Jack
a dull boy”
only the balance
is attractive.

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TheAnonDavid
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since 2008-08-28
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1 posted 2008-09-05 03:11 PM


I am not quite sure where this poem is going. In the book and film, of course,  Jack develops into a manic murderer. Does working with some people make you feel murderous towards them? "Or does only the balance is attractive" have a different meaning? Sorry, I guess my brain cells are dying quicker than I thought.

Do not go gentle into that good night.
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
Dylan Thomas

2islander2
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since 2008-03-12
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by the sea
2 posted 2008-09-05 05:11 PM


Hi David it is all my fault if the poem doesn't work, I should consider revisiting it if I am brave enough....I can reassure you I don't admire Jack Nicholson murderer  exept as an actor....I simply want to notice that some people at work become very efficient but look like lost in relationship and so the quote.....The movie simply is very enjoyable and distracted me so easily that I was grateful at this masterpiece...I have been very moved by the talent of the director Stanley Kubrick and wanted to give a kind of hommage.... Fictional works can help sometimes to forget the morosity and so are helpful...

thank you for your interesting comment and sorry for my kind of dull answer...

regards

  yann

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