Hoppers

Berkeley, Thursday, April 16, 2026 2:02 AM

Time flew pass by.

Interesting conversations today, and yesterday as well.

One regret, and I was going to post redeem action for that elsewhere, but I ran out of time, or logic and scenario. While reading is going OK. And a day has several activities. I have normally have shooting down things that are not crafted, or where I would be not that active. I get to the point later. But, while pictures are great, it does not have that connection for me to the final product. But they have the advantage of keep memories, if one will.

Not same category, but I guess the beauty of writing, cooking, weave has benefits in the process. I have explained this to one of the readers in the past. I might elaborate in other time.

Yet, this is not about pictures, I included that in the context of how sinks in the brain.

Here comes a part I do not know much, despite I have been behind the scenes in the production of small clips for a class.

The mastery of the camera is an art itself. As many other things. I was reflecting a bit on the joy of a playwright a few days ago. OK. Well those things are good in company.

Two friends time by time send me a reference to YouTube. Although, there can be good things in YouTube, I strongly believe that Youtube, same as television are a degradation of society. Might be because one is not educated enough to actively select what matters in those. But I think is a decadence of society because of the flooding of content, with little purpose in most of the cases, which might be informative, but it can create a way of living for the person producing the content not sure of the one watching the screen.

But I might be wrong on all of that. But also, although not cheap, youtube and tv gets or reach easier to us, I would say, people, than text.

In texts, still, one can find anything, but I guess one start elaborating a better criteria of what to read, what adds to one knowledge, and we have lived based on scripture for thousands of years, that is not going away anytime soon. A person can read those in camera, or better can just inform the self, and share those in conversation, and keep learning.

Yet, still there are beauty in the crafted films, or might be on the spontaneous live happenings. The thing is that I do not frequent those, might be for fear to get too connected. I do not like conversations regarding a sit-com show, etc. That was a temporal problem, which I learned at the time was related with specific apps. One learns the influences of new terrains.

So, any aberrance to tv, non-crafted images, or youtube propaganda flooding is wrong. I can navigate youtube, but always try to avoid, because I know it can become a time trap with all its suggestions, which ends up providing little benefit to the initial purpose. We try to do activities where one feels, one grows, or resists, or its challenged, or have to do, etc. Quite often it is hard to categorize an inflow of information, even relevant through those mentioned channels.

However, I regret today dismissing a well-intended humble advice. I was explaining about river and sediments. The person, of course, to contribute to conversation and quite excited, recommended to watch an animated film hoppers. Likely for time constrains, and easy response of not committing to something I cannot do it, but mainly because it was video, I said no. But it felt a wrong a no. Now I will do it at some point. I actually learned that it is about a beaver, and it is sort of locally produced by pixar, I like pixar, and it is backed up scientifically by an eco-hydrologist. Would see when I watch. While the lest thing I expect is to become a cordial person, in the sense of being condescending, I hope that won’t happen, and rather keep saying saying straight nos, yeses, and thruts. Meaning the goal is not to make feel good another person. But liberating of oneself shell is good time by time. And it is interesting how much one can learn usually. So, the youtube or tv, cannot be an automatic barrer, but it is good to feel the intent of the suggestion. It is not the first time that happens. Probably it is second time in a meaningful. So, no regrets, and actually it is an OK strict policy, but I will find a solution, and probably watch it at sometime.