Chapter 9

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"Talk low, talk slow, and don't say too much" -John Wayne (The Art of Being Human tenth edition, Richard Paul Janaro, Thelma C. Altshuler, John Wayne, Page 290, left margin quote one)

1283, Knights Templar Playing Chess, Alphonse le Sage (Alfonso X)

This quote reminds me of how Aaron Burr is portrayed in the Hamilton musical. One of his most repeated and well-known lines is "Talk less, Smile more. Don't let them know who you're against or who you're for". I get the same energy from John Wayne's quote because it seems like he is telling someone to keep their head down and out of trouble just like Aaron Burr did.

I wish more people took this advice and bit their tongue. Just because you have an opinion or something to say doesn't mean it is always appropriate to voice it at that time. Many people disregard the feelings of those around them and care not of how they will react to their words. Some people even speak up just to create controversy and drama.

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"A film is a petrified fountain of thought" -Jean Cocteau (The Art of Being Human tenth edition, Richard Paul Janaro, Thelma C. Altshuler, Jean Cocteau, Page 290, right margin quote one)

15th century, Reconstruction of the temple of Jerusalem, France, William of Tyre's Histoire d'Outremer

A picture is worth a thousand words but a film shows so much more. Films show the styles that were popular from the time and the mannerisms of the people from that time. Things like prejudices and biased are also fossiled in old movies. Other things like language dialect and slang are memorialized. With the advance of technology, more and more people are able to make films and they are getting harder to erase from existence. If something is put onto the internet it can never fully be removed.

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"Write what you feel, not what you think the audience wants." -Stephen Sondheim (The Art of Being Human tenth edition, Richard Paul Janaro, Thelma C. Altshuler, Stephen Sondheim, Page 301, right margin quote one)

1413, Christine de Pisan instructs her son, Paris, Bedford Master

When you write with a bias in mind you lose a piece of what could have been. Writings don't have to be proper or politically correct, they can be weird and spontaneous. Fitting to the norms for writings and only doing what's popular is boring and can just be predictable. If you want to write something strange and out there you shouldnt feel as if something is holding you back. Writing is subjective, opinions are subjective. You will never be able to please everyone so just write what you want and what will please you.

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