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 Lundoxia Presents (1 of 10): A video about stoicism A 5-minute video about the ancient Greek philosophy of stoicism, which also bears similarities with ancient Chinese taoism. |
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Lundoxia Presents (2 of 10): Analysis of the film BEING THERE (Symbolism, esoteric paradigms and the creation of reality) An excellent film analysis by YouTuber Jcrash, of the 1979 film BEING THERE by Hal Ashby (1929-1988) starring Peter Sellers (1925-1980, who created inspector Jacques Clouseau in the Pink Panther films by Blake Edwards 1922-2010) in one of Hollywood's most memorable film characters, Chauncey (Chance) Gardener. It was based on the 1970 satirical novel of the same name by the Polish writer Jerzy Kosinski, who killed himself in 1991 aged 57. The title of this 13-minute piece is BEING THERE: Symbolism, esoteric paradigms and the creation of reality. Favourite moment in the narration (12:35): "we can transcend [the] material world by reaching higher consciousness, we can transcend this physical world liberating ourselves from those who seek to control our reality in the physical world". |
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Lundoxia Presents (3 of 10): English photographer Muybridge (1830-1904) and his nude photographs of men and women in motion (mini doc) A 5-minute mini doc on the English photographer Eadweard Muybridge (1830-1904), important for pioneering motion studies. For many years he lived in New York City and San Francisco. A few years before cinema or the motion picture was invented*, between 1884 and 1887 Muybridge photographed nude people walking, demonstrating that the Victorian era (1819-1901) was not as nudity-phobic as is popularly assumed. *The invention of cinema, movies, films or the motion picture is usually attributed to the Lumière Brothers' "Cinématographe" in Paris, famous for their film of a train arriving and its passengers disembarking. When it first screened in Paris on 22 March 1895, spectators were so stunned with this new visual invention that they screamed, thinking the train on the screen was going to leap out to them and crash in their faces! on 1 November 1895 in Berlin the Skladanowsky brothers displayed the first moving picture show to a paying audience, the "Bioscop", called a "Kinetoscope" or "Kinetograph" by Thomas Edison in the U.S. and later a "movie projector." "Roundhay Garden Scene" is an 1888 short silent actuality film recorded by French inventor Louis Le Prince. Shot at Oakwood Grange in Roundhay, Leeds in the north of England, it is believed to be the oldest surviving film in existence, as noted by the Guinness Book of Records [copied from Wikipedia] |
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Lundoxia Presents (4 of 10): Live Art classics "Tableau Vivant" A live art event held in Brooklyn, New York in 2011. How I would have loved to be present at such an event, which to me communicates pure existence. Anyone who digs the abstract will definitely dig this in a big way. P.S.: Notice the graffiti or mosaic on the wall in this clip at 14:06 and seen at other various points, it reads "Breukelen" and this event happened in Brooklyn. Do the math. Later at 21:23 you also see "Amersfoort" as well. |
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Lundoxia Presents (5 of 10): BBC newsnight What happened to the liberal Netherlands? + Het 5e Element (naked defiance to the haters) An excellent BBC report (duration: 12 minutes) by a former resident of Amsterdam, including a most telling interview with Sylvana Simons, founder of the political party Artikel 1. Her words strike a chord because she speaks a sad truth: the rise of the haters. It's "in" to be a negative hater or put-down artist. A while ago I threw in my own 5 cents and uploaded videos for a petition to decriminalize public nudity. The point was to trigger a discussion, and the offshoots thereof, that would ensue as a result of realizing such a bold new social reality. But humans have difficulty visualizing what is not yet a norm; humans tend to be adaptive rather than adoptive. Artists are better at visualizing and scientists can too, in the form of experiments. By the same token, the Dutch have shown themselves remarkably well adapted to new social realities during the time when they were tolerated (soft drugs, which enjoys a Gedoogbeleid or tolerance policy since 1976) and finally legalized (euthanasia, same sex marriage and prostitution, respectively legalized in 2002, 2001 and 2000.) Hence my rationale for proposing the tolerance/decriminalization and/or legalization of non-sexual public nudity in The Netherlands, which I coin as Het 5e Element. Have the Dutch forgotten who they were, namely pioneers of new social norms? In humanism the process is the goal, not the the goal itself. If you do reach the goal then there is already a different new goal; the goal is merely a random marker to trigger a new process or new change. |
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Lundoxia Presents (6 of 10): What would happen if humans disappeared from Earth What would happen If humans disappeared from Earth? A 2-minute video by Tech Insider |
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Lundoxia Presents (7 of 10): A short bio on the most remarkable porn star of all time, Ilona (Cicciolina) Staller A 3-minute biographical video by me about the most remarkable porn star of all time: Ilona (Cicciolina) Staller. Staller was born in Budapest in 1951 and moved to Italy in 1970, first appearing in erotic films and then hardcore porno films from 1983. From 1987 to 1992 she was a member of Italian parliament, while still performing in porno films, also until 1992*: her last role was with Italian porn legend Rocco Siffredi (Siffredi is a cultural icon in Italy, similar to that of a football star.) Staller is amazing in that she defied the cult of negative body-shamers and proved that a person could both act in porno films while serving government. Cynics and armchair critics will say she did the things she did merely as an attention-seeker and that she achieved nothing in government. This is incorrect; Staller has been a tireless promoter of same-sex marriage, for which she has campaigned to legalize in Italy. The mere fact that Staller sat in Italian parliament while a porno star is already a milestone in itself and symbolic. She needn't have done anything more, that alone was enough. In government, everything can be political, and often such an appointment as Staller in parliament is politically strategic. Sex is powerful. It's like money, it runs the world. This is why porno fascinates, just as it did in ancient India with the pornographic Kama Sutra paintings and texts. And the fact women make it extraordinarily difficult for men to get sex only adds fuel to the fire! *Error correction: in this video I say that Ilona Staller retired from pornographic films in 1992; in fact her last credited role in a pornographic film is listed on IMDb as Carcere amori bestiali (1994) co-starring Rocco Siffredi, directed by Riccardo Schicchi (1952–2012), whom Staller had befriended in the early 1970s. |
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Lundoxia Presents (8 of 10) : The Human Animal by zoologist Desmond Morris THE HUMAN ANIMAL was a 1994 wonderful 6-episode television series by the famed English zoologist Desmond Morris (born in 1928 and now 89, his most known book is probably THE NAKED APE, 1967, a great read; later, his 2008 book THE NAKED MAN inspired me to make NAKED CONVERSATIONS WITH NUDE WOMEN which I struggled with for half a decade and now has over 5 million plays on YouTube.) |
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Lundoxia Presents (9 of 10): Great Interviews (Jim Kelly of ENTER THE DRAGON fame) For great interview lovers, I for one truly enjoyed this 2-part interview with actor Jim Kelly (1946-2013), who was most famous for his role in ENTER THE DRAGON (1973) starring Bruce Lee. Jim Kelly (as Williams) in ENTER THE DRAGON had the best lines, including: "Bullshit Mr. Han man!", "I'll be too busy looking good", "Man, you come right out of a comic book" and "a human fly". But what makes this 2-part interview (Part 2 is even better) so enjoyable is Kelly's depth and thoughtfulness. Also, he has a hilarious way of recounting events. He discusses the racial issue, an important human issue always worthy of reflection and discussion. In the end, Kelly was not getting the film parts he wanted. He turned down the junk he was offered because it projected a negative stereotype; he more or less exited movies after 1982, turning to tennis playing and instruction. Can pursuing career goals become perverse? Probably. It is not unlike wooing women. You can only do so much as a man. In the end the woman must naturally like the man otherwise he is flogging a dead horse. You can lead a horse to water but you cannot force it to drink. |
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Lundoxia Presents (10 of 10): Hungarian documentary film about rickshaw drivers in Amsterdam (with English subtitles): RICKSHAW RUSH / Riksaláz RICKSHAW RUSH / Riksaláz, A Hungarian documentary film about rickshaw drivers in Amsterdam, in Hungarian with English subtitles. 55 minutes, 2012 by Somogyvári Gergo and Balázs Horváth. |
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Lundoxia Presents (Addendum/elf) : The Apology by Plato (the death of Socrates in Athens) THE APOLOGY is Plato's version of the speech given by Socrates as he defended himself in 399 BC (Before Christ, so nearly 2,5 thousand years ago) in Athens. Socrates did not transcribe his speeches or dialogues, so Plato (one of his disciples) took up that task. The city of Athens gave Socrates a choice: exile himself from Athens or else live in Athens but give up his "free school of philosophy" which was viewed as radical or anti-establishment by the city authorities. In fact all Socrates did mainly was walk about the city of Athens barefoot speaking openly to whomever would listen, challenging norms using logic. This is the root basis of a free-thinking democracy. So effectively Socrates would either be banished from Athens or gagged (muted.) Socrates chose instead to end his life by ingesting poison. The scene of his death was one of great sorrow for those around him. The city officials of Athens had in effect murdered Socrates merely for trying to open the minds of the masses. A great audio classic layered in meanings still relevant today. Today Socrates is everywhere: in rock stars, in writers, in bold politicians, in thinkers, in art, in science, in innovative commerce and so on. Think outside the box said Socrates. |
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Lundoxia Presents (The Dirty Dozen): NaaktopStraat.nl pamflet video De nieuwste video voor mijn petitie (naakt in het openbaar) gericht naar de tweede kamer. 2 minuten. Ga na www.NaaktopStraat.nl en teken de petitie als u mee eens bent dat andere mensen mogen zelf bepalen of ze gekleed of ongekleed op straat gaan! P.S. Te gek hoe de jaarlijkse Body Painting Day in augustus 2017 gelijk publiciteit krijgt in Het Parool (artikel titel: Laat je poedelnaakt beschilderen tijdens Bodypaint Day) terwijl ze mijn initiatief om naaktheid in het openbaar toe te staan helemaal negeren! De deelnemers gaan namelijk naakt in het openbaar op plekken niet toegewezen voor naakt recreatie. Ieder deelnemer komt dus in aanmerking voor een boete. Maar ze worden niet beboet. Het is gekker dan gek. |
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