Take Five. (Books, Podcasts, Series and Films). 2022 Review

When the world faded away,
fiction crystalized its justification for existence. 

To comfort, create and escape,
to imagination that sometimes feels real. 

Movies are the totality of art.
It includes music, fashion, theater, Photography.

Or to put it as Calque of French septième art,
which was coined by Italian film theoretician
Ricciotto Canudo around 1921.
Considering filmmaking to be a new art,
combining the six previous arts,
of architecture, sculpture,
painting, music, poetry and dance. 

Books are the ultimate friend,
whatever the problem,
the emotion or the situation is.
Someone somewhere thought of it,
came up with a solution or went through it.
And wrote a book about it. 

Books are the friends who are always there,
who understand and are here to help. 

Podcasts are the voices in our heads.
For the past couple of years,
in the age of short attention spans,
a victory to the long art-form.
podcasts provided company,
conversations and on occasion a window,
to new thought process and innovative ideas 

And every year as a tradition I am sharing a list of 5.
To take five minutes break
and maybe discuss over coffee. 

• Film: 
  
  

NOPE
Why watch?
For the fixation & fascination with the spectacle.

Raymond and Ray
Why watch? Because we contain multitudes

The Banshees of Inisherin
Why watch? Because friendship matters

TAR
Why watch? Because time is the maestro

Three Thousand Years of Longing
Why watch? For the love of storytelling

• Books:
  
  Taste: My Life Through Food
  by Stanley Tucci
  
  

Infinity in the palm of your hand
by Marcus Chown

A hopeful history of mankind
by Rutger Bregman

The comfort book
by Matt Haig

The book of minds
by Philip Ball

• Podcasts:

   

  Daily Stoic
  With Ryan Holiday
  
  

            Smartless
With Jason Bateman, Sean Hayes, & Will Arnett

            The watch 
With Andy Greenwald & Chris Ryan

            This job is history
With Chris Parnell

            Strong song
With Kirk Hamilton

• Series:
   

Sandman
Why watch?
Because Dreams rule all realms.

The Bear
Why watch?
Because grief and food is a pairing.

Severance
Why watch?
Because work life balance is not a thing, its all life.

The Peripheral
Why watch?
Because it's all a simulation.

Outer Range
Why watch?
Because there is a mystery between two worlds.