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"We are the representatives of the cosmos; we are an example of what hydrogen atoms can do, given 15 billion years of cosmic evolution." - Carl Sagan
o q vamos fazer hoje?? ver videos do pedro loos e carl sagan e ser uma nerdola basica uhull
“The brain is like a muscle. When it is in use we feel very good. Understanding is joyous.”
—Carl Sagan
Image source: NBC
Image: (Earth) NASA
The Pale Blue Dot
Last month, the news that Daisy Edgar Jones and Andrew Garfield had signed on to film the Carl Sagan/Ann Druyan biopic, Voyagers, was met with no small amount of happiness in our household. Not because we are fans of the two actors (we are, they are brilliant, talented, and kind people) but because we are especially fond of the duo they will be playing.
I cannot recall the first time I read the excerpt/essay written about the photo taken from Voyager 1 but it has held a spot in my heart ever since. If you haven't been exposed to Carl Sagan or Ann Druyan's works (both written and visual) check them out. Pale Blue Dot is the title of the work that contains that essay. It is powerful stuff.
Here is an excerpt, the piece written about the second photo included above. It is copyrighted so I will limit it to just the very briefest of mentions:
"Look again at that dot. That's here. That's home. That's us. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives." --Carl Sagan, Pale Blue Dot 1994.
If you'd like to read the complete essay here is a link but check the book out if you haven't done so. (Shameless library plug here)
I know that Andrew Garfield and Daisy Edgar Jones will bring us their best, that is what they do as professionals. May we, as Carl Sagan urged, deal kindly with each other in the meantime as we await the effort of their work.
Hear hear. I reblogged this for a couple of reasons but I'll focus on the one that let's me ramble on in a similar fashion (re: to your tag below your post) because your anon's comment hit a nerve with me.
It is of great benefit to be invested in your local community. Without a doubt. Living, working, volunteering, contributing locally--building relationships, breaking bread with each other, and recognizing each other's special gifts and humanity is essential.
However, it is also of great benefit to expand those horizons. The term 'global' is sometimes used as a dog whistle (not going there), and in addition there are a number of people who prefer isolationist policy but in truth, we humans have been 'global' for centuries. We have explored, traveled, sought goods and services, trafficked in people, escaped desperate conditions, and fought over soil and commodities. Again, for centuries. To ignore the plight of others outside of our communities is to ignore all of us. Does it take time in our busy world to pay attention? Sure. But in ways both small and large, it enriches us. All of us.
The late Carl Sagan, in his essay from his book The Pale Blue Dot, said it quite well and I've never forgotten his words from the first time that I read them. I don't wish to violate copyright so I will only post the link, but when one looks at the photo (taken by NASA from the Voyager spacecraft) of earth and reads his words, it resonates. It resonates because we forget so much more than we will ever learn and sometimes we need to remind ourselves of that and be humbled by it and willing to open our eyes and ears to the world. Here is the link, and if you've never read it, please do. It's a short read; takes much less time than making a cup of tea or even trolling and scrolling on the internet.
As a side note, I am so excited that there is to be a film about *Carl Sagan and his wife, Ann Druyan coming out in the future. It may have to wait due to current events, but the humans who labor and love and create are much more valuable than the final objects we desire.
*Voyagers (Zach Dean, writer; Sebastian Lelio, director; Andrew Garfield and Daisy Edgar-Jones in the titular roles) Looking forward to what these talented professionals can do with this story.
Tag: @ridiculously-over-obsessed
Why do you keep going on about the strikes, they don't affect you, it's annoying you're not even american stfu
Pst anon, I have a present for you, are you ready??
Also if you think this strike only affects American writers/actors etc, then you're wrong. These strikes set an industry tone that will have reprocussions world wide, the ramifications that this will have for the future of AI alone is staggering. Plus, as someone who wants to one day be a member of the WGA/SAG-AFTRA because I recognise that that is where the majority of work in this industry lies, of course I'm watching it closely??
Normalise being interested and invested in the world outside your small bubble of existence
Would love to see him reprise the role if he wants it; but I somewhat distrust the studio to place the character development and the story arc ahead of the shiny baubles and the future film plot stuffing of which they are fond. I suppose if the script was previewed prior to taking the role, but one thing Mr. Garfield now has the ability to do career-wise is to turn down projects that are unrewarding artistically if he chooses (I mean, if one solely wants the $$ that's their own business and not mine). So, I guess I have reservations...
I do hope the Carl Sagan/Ann Druyan film (Voyagers) gets off the ground eventually. (That was an unintentional pun, lol) Really really looking forward to that one.
Please Sony, your motherfucker, let him fight the alien.
“The cosmos is within us. We are made of star-stuff. We are a way for the cosmos to know itself.”
— Carl Sagan
Understand completely--del Toro is amazing. However, I admit I have enjoyed reading Sagan's works so I'm crossing fingers that this will be a solid screenplay and film.
Based on AG's interviews in the past where he's mentioned his interest involving certainty versus doubt, Sagan would be an intriguing dive for him into a role. Sagan (like Doss; Sebastiao Rodrigues-who was based upon the Jesuit missionary, Giuseppe Chiara; JIm Bakker; and Robin Cavendish) lived a life filled with questions. Some of these roles were posing questions we, the viewers, might ask ourselves about faith, society, challenges, prejudice, persecution, and so on. Seems like an opportunity for Mr. Garfield to explore those questions within the framework of the love story between Sagan and his third wife, Ann Druyan.
I wish he could've done both but what with the strike delaying production on so many projects, there's bound to be issues like this. Hopefully we'll get two good movies and AG will be in one of them!
I, in addition to watching the Golden Globe's with the complete absence of Andrew Garfield in it, still come across this Netflix post:
Me:
Me too, at Andrew Garfield's door to convince him to comeback to "Frankenstein" movie:
Netflix, telling me:
Me:
Me too:
That's it.
*end of my outburst*
rudemyke:
Ann Druyan, talking about her husband, Carl Sagan
“When my husband died, because he was so famous & known for not being a believer, many people would come up to me — it still sometimes happens — & ask me if Carl changed at the end & converted to a belief in an afterlife. They also frequently ask me if I think I will see him again. Carl faced his death with unflagging courage & never sought refuge in illusions. The tragedy was that we knew we would never see each other again. I don’t ever expect to be reunited with Carl. But, the great thing is that when we were together, for nearly twenty years, we lived with a vivid appreciation of how brief & precious life is. We never trivialized the meaning of death by pretending it was anything other than a final parting. Every single moment that we were alive & we were together was miraculous — not miraculous in the sense of inexplicable or supernatural. We knew we were beneficiaries of chance… That pure chance could be so generous & so kind… That we could find each other, as Carl wrote so beautifully in Cosmos, you know, in the vastness of space & the immensity of time… That we could be together for twenty years. That is something which sustains me & it’s much more meaningful…
The way he treated me & the way I treated him, the way we took care of each other & our family, while he lived. That is so much more important than the idea I will see him someday. I don’t think I’ll ever see Carl again. But I saw him. We saw each other. We found each other in the cosmos, and that was wonderful.“
- Ann Druyan, talking about her husband, Carl Sagan
this is beautiful.
This whole passage is beautiful and inspiring.
“For small creatures such as we the vastness is bearable only through love.”
—
Carl Sagan
education is the domestication of human beings
"If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe." -- Carl Sagan. Mixed media artwork by WriteDragon.
education is the domestication of human beings
"If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe." -- Carl Sagan. Mixed media artwork by WriteDragon.
"If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe." -- Carl Sagan. Mixed media artwork by WriteDragon.
