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November 11, 2008 |Permalink |Comments (4)

Time and Time Enough

This is a very good mashup. Please consider investing the 6.5 minutes it takes to watch it to the end.

We are storytelling animals and we make eager use of whatever elements we find available to us.

Thoughts?

Comments ( 4)

Almost 50 years later and I remember this episode well.

Posted by Judith Shapiro
November 11, 2008 8:18 AM

Reminded me of the story we told in class about the foolish little monkey who was surrounded by bananas but starved to death. Having something we cherish and desire so much, yet not being able to or allow ourselves to consume that very thing.

Posted by Nancy Rojas
November 11, 2008 8:23 PM

Building on Nancy's comments, the bank tellers passion for reading is what led him to the privacy of the vault and "saved" his life. He then chooses to continue living when he notices he is standing in front of the library. The irony of not being able to read in a library evokes my awareness of elders who want to read (grow)and struggle with their limitations. Think of a possible next scene in the clip where the teller comes upon a survivor who is able to help him find the lenses for his glasses. The other survivor is a homeless woman who is illliterate though very resourceful. The two spend their days with the homeless person providing food and shelter (near the libary) and the teller teaching his new friends to read. Both grow together in the midst of a wasteland (the declinist environments we can find in long term care settings?)Maybe even start a family and grow a new society based on mutual growth.

Posted by tom mondloch
November 16, 2008 11:21 AM

Interesting "next scene," Tom!

This clip reminded me of Water for Elephants - the deprivation of freedom and respect that Jacob experienced in the nursing home. He finds hope with his relationship with Rosemary, only for it to be dashed when he learns she's leaving.

Maybe our teller's next scene is one where he takes action for himself, like Jacob did when he escaped to the circus. He finds his own lenses (or perhaps a librarian's glasses are found in the rubble) and lives happily with his collection of treasures.

Posted by CC Andrews
November 18, 2008 12:31 AM

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