Monthly Inspiration
November
A collection of three things we’ve consumed this month that inspired us.
Now shared with you—enjoy our inspiration from November.
1 — A QUOTE
“If one does not know to which port one is sailing, no wind is favorable.”
Seneca
Photo courtesy of Wikipedia
2 — A BOOK
This is Water
Some Thoughts, Delivered on a Significant Occasion, about Living a Compassionate Life
by David Foster Wallace
The description from Goodreads shares,
“Only once did David Foster Wallace give a public talk on his views on life, during a commencement address given in 2005 at Kenyon College. The speech is reprinted for the first time in book form in THIS IS WATER.
How does one keep from going through their comfortable, prosperous adult life unconsciously? How do we get ourselves out of the foreground of our thoughts and achieve compassion? The speech captures Wallace's electric intellect as well as his grace in attention to others. After his death, it became a treasured piece of writing reprinted in The Wall Street Journal and the London Times, commented on endlessly in blogs, and emailed from friend to friend.
Writing with his one-of-a-kind blend of causal humor, exacting intellect, and practical philosophy, David Foster Wallace probes the challenges of daily living and offers advice that renews us with every reading.”
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3 — A FILM
Call Me By Your Name
Directed by Luca Guadagnino.
IMDb shares,
“In 1980s Italy, romance blossoms between a seventeen-year-old student and the older man hired as his father's research assistant.”
As of November 2022, you can stream it for free with an HBOMax or Netflix subscription and rent/buy it from various other popular platforms.
Poster courtesy of IMDb