https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haditha_Dam
The area was the site of a battle in the Iraq War, and the nearby village was the site of a massacre of civilians carried out by American troops. I think this tranquil overhead view has a stark contrast to the suffering on ground level.
“Put an end once for all to this discussion of what a good man should be, and be one.”–Meditations, Marcus Aurelius
This quote resonates with me, since it implies that we already know how to be a good person. It implies that good comes naturally, automatically, and that the only thing stopping us from living morally is ourselves. Stoicism gets a bad reputation for being dispassionate, but its quotes like these that prove that we can see goodness in the world without even looking for it.
The way she dances is hypnotic. I’m not a singer, dancer, nor a theater kid, and I only rarely listen to music, but watching the video is closer to watching a kite in the wind than an actual person dancing. If it’s possible to enter a trance on your own volition, I think this is excellent documentation on the part of Kate Bush.
