SUNDAY NOTES 054

Birds, fish, and existing in the present: "Our refuge is being exactly where we are."

Melody Hansen

May 18, 2025

A Sunday playlist: A Piero Piccioni playlist

A Sunday watch: The Rehearsal s2

Nathan Fielder's The Rehearsal returns, with too much of a good thing - The Globe and Mail

Sunday,

trying my best.

Working on a couple new personal projects

Maybe we are rivers [of love] to one another.

Something I’m thinking about:

To simply exist without fearing the future. To exist letting go of the burdens of the past. What does that feel like? What does that look like? I want to move through the day feeling lighter.

Something that inspires me:

This documentation of matte paintings in films

*Earthquake (1974), painted by Albert Whitlock*

*Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971), painted by Alan Maley*

*Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), painted by Alan Maley*

*The Boy Who Could Fly (1986), painted by Matthew Yuricich*

*The Boy Who Could Fly (1986), rooftops and sky painted by Matthew Yuricich*

*Young Frankenstein (1974), painted by Matthew Yuricich*

*Ghostbusters (1984), painted by Matthew Yuricich*

Mary Poppins (1964), much of the house and trees painted by Peter Ellenshaw

*Peter Ellenshaw painting for Mary Poppins*

A quote:

“Our refuge is being exactly where we are - not dramatizing problems by replaying them in our heads, telling stories to our friends, eliciting sympathy and convincing ourselves that this is a very big deal. Our refuge is in the stillness of being the compassionate witness to our panic and fear - not judging it as good or bad, just accepting the what is of the moment.

— Charlotte Kasl, If the Buddha Dated

Until next Sunday,

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Last Sunday Notes—SUNDAY NOTES 053

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