edwards drive-in

I've posed the question to people I know, even lately, about the difference between the life you live amongst those around you and the one you live if you try and create something. does it matter how they interact? how much does one comment on the other? or cost the other? I usually get derision back after posing this question, probably deserved.

my architect: a son's journey at first seems a strange little movie about a strange little man. the movie then proceeds to sneak up on you, especially if you're not familiar with the work of louis kahn before you see the movie. documentarian nathaniel kahn sets out to examine the life and work of his father. there are times when the movie shouldn't work and yet it does. perhaps this is because of the contrasting stories here, one of a personal family history and the other of buildings that louis kahn left behind. in the end louis kahn left a ridiculous amount of beauty behind in the world, it's worth seeing this film just for that.

during the movie you hear kahn speaking one time and he says that art is proof that you've created something that nature couldn't create on it's own. probably because I'm not well read enough, but I've never heard that put quite that way. anyway, see this film.