all the posts the mailman never sent ...
The HBO series True Detective fits the post-noir genre perfectly. Not visually so much - it's almost steam punk at times - but essentially, in it's essence, it meets most of Roger Ebert's criteria as listed later in this post. The characters are disfunctional and flawed, even when innocent in their hearts. There are no happy endings. Corruption, betrayal, disappointment and homage to the general theme of pulp fiction permeate the story lines.
A poem by Kabir, [1440-1518] a 15th-century Indian mystic poet, supposedly illiterate ...
Friend? hope for the Guest while you are alive. Jump into experience while you are alive! Think... and think... while you are alive. What you call "salvation" belongs to the time before death.
If you don't break your ropes while you're alive, do you think ghosts will do it after?
Although recently published, these posts have been written over many years. They note various thoughts coming to mind as we wander through this once-beautiful world ...
