Visiting the forgotten

A few weeks ago I mentioned thoughts on how we pass away and are eventually forgotten. It may be that people are kept alive in others' memories but they too pass. Last week we walked around the Glasgow Necropolis and it was interesting to think about that: so many grand and smaller monuments largely for those whom nobody now alive ever met.

There are people in history whose work I appreciate, whom I would have been interested to interview, whatever. My wishing I could have spent time with them is ultimately no more useful than my belated thanks for their work. Knowing their name at all is mostly helpful just as a label for finding further things they did and discussing them with others. What they did becomes more important than who they were.

Dark, the television series

I had mentioned watching Dark (2017). One can't watch it casually, at least to useful effect, because there is too much going on. Yesterday I realized how very much it would take to explain the background to just a couple of scenes and decided that its increasing complexity deserves some comment. ( Vague, broad discussion, bordering on minor spoilers. )

Update: Moving on to watching more Jessica Jones (2015) is a striking contrast. ( It makes for a much easier watch. )