Jerame Lang
Stories (4/0)
The Day the Doctor Saved Me
"A king asks a shepherd's boy 'How many seconds are there in eternity?' The shepherd boy says, 'There's this mountain of pure diamond. It takes an hour to climb it, and an hour to go around it. Every hundred years a little bird comes. It sharpens its beak on the diamond mountain. When the entire mountain has been chiseled away, the first second of eternity will have passed.' Now, you must think that's a hell of a long time. Personally, I think that's a hell of a bird." -The Doctor
By Jerame Lang6 years ago in Futurism
American Nightmare
America was founded on the principles of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. The contradictory nature of these ideals become evident through the mechanisms by which they are attained, for none of them can be maintained or achieved without prescribing oneself to a culture of monetarism and profitability that is in direct conflict with the sustainability and cultivation of life.
By Jerame Lang6 years ago in The Swamp
'The Graduate'
The cinematography of the The Graduate is beautiful in its practicality. The first frame portrays Ben almost as if to say out-loud "this is our protagonist" and widens as though to say "and this is where he is." It then cuts to a somewhat profile view of him on the travelator which in itself reflects the fact that he is being propelled in life through no will of his own. He could have just as easily been walking, moving himself forward on his own accord, but the travelator is a more accurate representation of his current state and the message of the film. The audience cannot see what is in front of him, which is a reflection of how Ben views his own future; he doesn't know where he's going and the soundtrack is a glimpse into his own subconscious feelings about it. He's worried or even depressed concerning his own assertions of his future. This is expressed aloud by his father when he asks him about his future and Ben responds with ambiguity, which is more accurately portrayed with "The Sound of Silence." Ben's aimlessness is depicted in several other ways through the cinematography such as when he is in the pool drifting in the foreground, seemingly content while his parents are nearly submerged behind him. His aimlessness is perhaps no better depicted, if not most literally, as when he's leaning against his door next to his dartboard. None of the darts are anywhere near the bull's-eye. None of his attempts at happiness have come to fruition. No matter where he lands or what he achieves Ben feels lost or as though he's "missed the mark."
By Jerame Lang6 years ago in Geeks
- Top Story - March 2018
Opioid AbuseTop Story - March 2018
That there is an opioid epidemic is indisputable. I remember as an anesthesia technician a member of the nursing staff had been dismissed because she was caught in an operating room with her hands in a used needle bin, trying to steal syringes with left over fentanyl.
By Jerame Lang6 years ago in The Swamp