"WE LIVE IN TIME" Characters:

"WE LIVE IN TIME" characters:

• Florence Pugh as Almut

• Andrew Garfield as Tobias

• Adam James as Simon Maxon

• Gianni Calchetti as UK Chef

• Marama Corlett as Adrienne Duvall

• Kevin Brewer as Luke Grundy

• Lee Braithwaite as Jade

• Daniel Bowerbank as Dr. Joshua Bayliss

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Turn On Those Sad Songs

Elton got it right didn't he? As many artists who did and do help us get through those tough times. I've got an upcoming week that is one of those bittersweet scenarios that life presents and then I'm turning on those sad songs and letting the memories wash over me like a wave. The eyes may sting a bit, but that is how I know I'm alive.

Before I attend to my nonfictional life, I'm going to queue up some lighter fare on the TASM blog and later I suspect the angst will pour out like a cathartic thunderstorm that grows the grass green and leaves the sky blue. Life isn't always wonderful but it's a wonderful life.

I'm reblogging this as an encouragement to those creators out there, the artists, the writers whose words inspire us to feel the range and depth of emotion and all of the messy wonderfulness that humans possess.

Keep going friends, send your beacons into the void. Voyage into space despite the harsh conditions and leave your works to twinkle like the stars that they are. Space is vast, and the time and effort may seem futile, but your labors of love are never in vain.

To the readers out there, reblog and comment on the works you enjoy, it means more than you may ever know.

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The Discovery Of Something Wonderful

Anyone else discover an author after reading one of their stories and then feel bereft after you've consumed everything they've written and realize there will be no more?

For me, the joy of having read their work at all outweighs the sorrow but I've found if I let some time pass I return to the stories and read them all over again.

It creates this bond between reader and author as I do so, imaginary perhaps, but a bond nonetheless. I think about the author a little more with each reread: what were they thinking as they wrote this passage, or imagine them giggling or crying as they wrote another. With famous authors (looking at you Ms. Jane Austin) we have historical records, but with fanfiction authors (save for the few that have gone onto commercial success), most of the time we have but tiny glimpses into their world, occasionally replies to comments w/online sites such as AO3 etc. (which I love)

So I would say to them, keep writing, please. Keep your privacy for I understand the world today is weird and wild on the web, but please keep writing. For perhaps someday a year, two years, a decade or more from now someone will read your work and that rabbit hole of the world you created will live and the characters come alive in their imagination and another bond that reaches across time and space will have been forged.

*I would like to credit the photographer of the above photo but cannot for the life of me recall how I happened to have it in my doc library. If anyone knows the source, send a comment and I'll credit.

It’s that little glimpse of the gold chain; as if it holds a key to the heart. He has a kind heart I’ve heard. That’s a good thing to have in this world.

He was insane for this and it was Andrew Garfield looking at the camera for a second and have me gone. BOOM! I’m just on the floor. 😭🥵🔥

Andrew Garfield attends the 11th Annual LACMA Art+Film Gala at Los Angeles County Museum of Art (November 5, 2022) in Los Angeles, California

Andrew Garfield and Phillip Seymour Hoffman were 28 and 44 years old respectively when they appeared in the 2012 production of Arthur Miller's play. Hard to believe that the young fresh faced Garfield was standing next to a man that at age 20 auditioned five times for his role as pampered George Willis Jr in Scent Of A Woman. Two talented actors, one who passed on way too young, and the other still polishing and perfecting his skills.

This photo.

Image credit @ecnmatic

"I didn't want to kiss you goodbye--that was the trouble--I wanted to kiss you good night--and there's a lot of difference."

--Ernest Hemingway