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Once again I'm tired of randomness in what I "consume".
I think I've been slacking with film watching because I felt I was being too random and not really 'taking-things-in'. For this I partly blame myself and letterboxd lmao.
I think I've been slacking with film watching because I felt I was being too random and not really 'taking-things-in'. For this I partly blame myself and letterboxd lmao.
Without that app I would probably just watch by country/period/director, and check film magazines for new recommendations. The last filmmaker I was able to do this with was Claire Denis, and it was a blast (seeing connections, growth, themes tackled over certain periods).
But this was in January. Since then I've just been lazy lazy lazyeee, and distracted (by other films I randomly see on my LB front page... devil's pit)
This is also happening with books lol. January I was in a pretty good mood and had little to no distractions (had finished my course, wasn't living with my mum, wasn't online) and somehow I blew through 8/9 books.
Then in February, after I finished my last book I realized I was really struggling to remember themes/ideas of the less memorable (albeit interesting) things I read (I cannot tell you what 'no-exit', Sartre's play, is about.).
I also attribute this to randomness...
I also attribute this to randomness...
Anyway with films I feel like I'm eventually going to find my way pretty soon. I recently finished Rohmer's 6 moral tales, and because his work is *so much different* from other films I've seen from the French New Wave I have a feeling I'm going to
dive a lil deeper into their work so at least I can understand wtf wuz goin on... But with books idk idk. Reading on a singular subject/topic can get boring quickly and frankly I'm not that interested in anything atm (not even film).
My friend who teaches (avo!) told me I should try taking notes, but it's so fucking tedious and I can't do it for anything besides philosophy (or when I encounter a concept I'm finding it hard to grasp). It just feels futile because I always think 'yeh this is easy
..lmao there's no way it's gna leak out if my brain'.. then a few weeks later I'm in a conversation where I could reference that interesting thing I read a while back and then.. mind dry.
Idk how long this thread is, or what it's for, just felt like telling tha wurld my biggest (non-material) problem atm lol. And I'm not checking what I wrote cuz I'd probably cringe and delete everything ^_° (this is not the first time I've typed out some random bs that should be
in a diary [which I always start, but constancy is my antithesis] and eventually deleted cuz mayne...I don't like showing 'myself' on here.)
Dunno what else to say..send tweet
