Humanity
September 18, 2011
Every once in awhile I stumble upon, or someone directs me to something that I believe, in some way, changes my life.
I’m not necessarily talking about something hugely life-altering, drop what I’m doing, change the world kind of thing. But rather those little things that give you some perspective on life. Things that make you sit back, think about who you are, where you are, what you do… and appreciate all that you have.
The first was a link my brother had posted on Facebook awhile back of a clip from The Great Dictator where Charlie Chaplin is in character giving a phenomenal speech overlaid to clips of, well, humanity.
The second was just today while folding my laundry, I went to YouTube to see if I could muster up something to watch. My brother, once again, had mentioned something about a series by Carl Sagan he was watching while he did some work. After inputting ‘Carl Sagan’ into YouTube I came across the following series. If you’ve been following or know me well, space and exploration is something very near and dear to my heart, a love that sadly is hard to fulfill. The Sagan Series was produced by Reid Gower to pay tribute to the late Carl Sagan. His seven part series is an overlay of stunning imagery of Earth and it’s inhabitants with the narration of Carl Sagan’s Pal Blue Dot a non-fiction novel inspired by the photo of the same name taken by Voyager I. He touches on many aspects of humanity and our own attempts/failures on the quest for knowledge, exploration, our solar system and our vision of our future.
Please enjoy. (7 parts, 28 minutes, best enjoyed in 720p)
The Sagan Series
