Something About Life

Something about life that I wish I knew twenty years ago. It took three years of yoga practice to identify and resolve ego. It was comforting to hold onto the belief that the main source of problems in my life was other people. Then one day I questioned myself: who was the person has always been there when the worse things happened, and who was the person has always been there when the best things happened? The answer is that I have always been there. So then, I asked myself: who would be the person caused all the fortunate and unfortunate events happening in my life, if not totally, then at least partially? The answer is, it must to be me, because I have always been there as the experiencer, observer, and participant of all life events. Therefore, I am responsible. What was I thinking when I was hoping my life would be better only if something, someone or some people would change. When the concept of self changes inner, life has shifted. So are external conditions. 

Pretty in Pink

​Pretty in Pink is a  film about teenage love and social cliques in 1980s American high schools. High school senior Andie Walsh is a working-class girl who has a crush on one of the rich, preppie boys in her school, Blane McDonough. When Andie and Blane try to get together, they encounter resistance from their respective social circles.

Andie lives on "the wrong side of the tracks" with her unemployed father, Jack. Andie's best friend Duckie is in love with her, but plays it off as a joke in front of her. The original ending to this film depicted Duckie getting the girl, however, the test audiences said they would have preferred to see Blane win Andie's heart. Additionally, Director John Hughes was concerned audiences would take the original ending as a message that poor people and rich people don't belong together.

Control

Control is a  film about Joy Division singer Ian Curtis, based on the book Touching from a Distance, written by Curtis' widow Deborah who co-produced the film, it is directed by Anton Corbijn. Control premiered at the Cannes Film Festival, where it won several awards, and went on to win British Independent Film Award, Best Film at the Evening Standard British Film Awards, and the British Academy Film Awards.