Common Ancestor: 25 Million Years Ago

Local Consistency, Global Inconsistency

Devilish Five-Fold Symmetry

The Metathing Is Not The Thing

The Imaginary Cinephile

I want to regard my public as infinitely intelligent, as understanding notions of the suspension of disbelief and as realising all the time that this is not a slice of life, this is openly a film.
— Peter Greenaway

Proverb

Too many proofs spoil the truth.
— Peter Greenaway

Profit-Maximising Cinema

There are, after all, approaches to be made other than the dependable routes that massage sentimental expectations and provide easy opportunities for emotional identification.

— Peter Greenaway

Angles On Experience

He was a dreamer, a thinker, a speculative philosopher … or, as his wife would have it, an idiot.
— Douglas Adams 'The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy'

Waterfall

Virtual Unreality

We don't need virtual reality, we need virtual unreality.
— Peter Greenaway

Up & Down

Cinematic Metaphor

Americans don't understand what metaphor in cinema is about. They're extremely good at making straightforward, linear narrative movies, which entertain superbly. But they very rarely do anything else.
— Peter Greenaway

Reptiles

Drawing Hands

Relativity

Cosmogenesis

In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and has been widely regarded as a bad move.
— Douglas Adams 'The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy'

There is a theory which states that if ever anybody discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another theory which states that this has already happened.
— Douglas Adams 'The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy'

No Trouble

the day the world stood still
the day the world stood still
no trouble —
not even at the mill
— John Cooper Clarke 'The Day The World Stood Still'

Fungal Bioluminescence

Fog Fern & Fire

A Little Bird Told Me

The Two Outlooks On Life

So … is the glass half–broken
or is the glass half–fixed?
 — Michæl Leunig

Picasso Was Here

Revolution

Revolution is the opium of the intellectuals.
— Graffiti in 'O Lucky Man!' [dir. Lyndsay Anderson]

All modern revolutions have ended in a reinforcement of the power of the State.
— Albert Camus

Dingly Dell

Whiskey "Bar"

'whiskey'
comes from
Irish/Gælic 'uisce beatha'
meaning
'water of life'

'MacBeth'
comes from
Irish/Gælic 'mac beatha'
meaning
'son of life'

Venereal Anagram

Subtraction In Ancient Egypt

Rameses – Ra ≠ Moses

Andromorphism

The personification of some phenomenon, such as the human species, as 'man'.

Mythological Anagram

Solidarity, Sibling

Reg: We, we need doers in our movement, Brian. But before you join us, know this: There is not one of us here who would gladly suffer death to rid this country of the Romans once and for all.

Rebel: Uh.. well one.

Reg: Oh yeah, yeah. There's one. But otherwise, we're solid. Are you with us?

Intellectual Property

Only puny secrets need protection. Big discoveries are protected by public incredulity.
— Marshall McLuhan

Don't worry about people stealing your ideas. If your ideas are that good, you'll have to ram them down people's throats.
— Howard Aiken