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Astronaut in a farm field

Astronaut in a farm field "Life is full of misery, loneliness, and suffering — and it’s all over much too soon." -Woody Allen Existential thoughts can accompany you while you’re all alone. One can easily switch off the context of time and space, and travel to the very mental fabric that keeps us in motion regardless of the fact that we are clinging on a hanging rock — a tiny spark in the midst of a vast, dark, endless, meaningless cosmos. I watched Annie Hall a few weeks ago, then I went on to look out for movie reviews — a usual ritual when I watch something I really like. I start with Roger Ebert, and then go to youtube and then starts my ride into the rabbit hole. A story junky, trying to connect an endless string of meaningless dots to tie it up and sum up a meta-story. As I went through the monologues, scenes, and interviews of Woody Allen, there’s a constant rumbling of existential mus...