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George Takei.

75 years old.

Sir Ian McKellen

72 years old.

The late Maurice Sendak
83 years old.

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Terry Gross: "Can you share some of your favorite comments from readers that you've gotten over the years?"

Maurice Sendak: "Oh, there's so many. Can I give you just one that I really like? It was from a little boy. He sent me a charming card with a little drawing. I loved it. I answer all my children's litter--sometimes very hastily--but this one I lingered over. I sent him a postcard and I drew a picture of a Wild Thing on it. I wrote, "Dear Jim, I loved your card." Then I got a letter back from his mother and she said, "Jim loved your card so much he ate it." That to me was one of the highest compliments I've ever received. He didn't care that it was an original drawing or anything. He saw it, he loved it, he ate it."

RIP Maurice.

*promote

RIP Maurice...

Part 2:
http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/406902/january-25-2012/grim-colberty-tales-with-maurice-sendak-pt--2?xrs=share_copy

Many thanks, enoch

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*promote

>> ^Barseps:

A HUGE thank you for this....... probably the most original thing I've seen in months. I have no idea how old this video is but I detect a major Terry Gilliam influence, I hereby declare this
quality


It's actually from the very Fantasia-esque Italian film Allegro non troppo, which came out in 1976.

>> ^enoch:

promote


Nice call Enoch, I would have done so myself if I'd had the power points.

You're very welcome, Barceps. I'm glad people are enjoying it. Many thanks for the quality as well!

>> ^Barseps:

A HUGE thank you for this....... probably the most original thing I've seen in months. I have no idea how old this video is but I detect a major Terry Gilliam influence, I hereby declare this
quality

"Let's light this candle." - Maurice, Northern Exposure.

I never get tired of stuff like that.

It's even better than taking a ride on the thing.

No, not like Spiral Dynamics.

More like Sartre or Foucault, oriented towards a psychology of science.

"Phenomenology of Perception"
or
"Structure of Behavior"
are good places to start, although the latter is quite dense.

Also, "Sense and Nonsense" is worth reading for those interested in a thoughtful conceptualization of the arts, ideas, and politics.

>> ^enoch:

In reply to this comment by Trancecoach:
This has been part of the psychological literature since the early days of psychology (late 1800s), but did not capture the mainstream attention in the ways that psychoanalysis, behaviorism, and experimental psychology has seemed to.
For anyone interested in the culminating work of the scientific investigation of these kinds of phenomena should check out Maurice Merleu-Ponty's work, especially the Structure of Behavior (circa early 1940s).
>> ^enoch:
this is a great talk but i find it interesting how western psychology is just now beginning to address this in a substantive way because this is NOT a new concept or philosophy.
WTG psychologists!!! 3000 yrs later and just NOW you are starting to get it!
woohoo!

awesome.gonna check out ponty's work.
would it be along the same line as spiral dynamics?