Lit Lover

Tuesday, October 13, 2026

Mephisto!

This is the film some people are making me think about lately.

"Mephisto (1981 film)" - Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mephisto_(1981_film)

Mephisto is a 1981 German-language political drama film co-written and directed by István Szabó, and based on the novel of the same name by Klaus Mann. It stars Klaus Maria Brandauer as a German stage actor (modelled on Gustaf Gründgens) who finds unexpected success and mixed blessings in the popularity of his performance in a Faustian play as the Nazis take power in pre-Second World War Germany. As his associates and friends flee or are forced underground by the Nazi regime, the popularity of his character ends up superseding his own existence, until he finds that his best performance is keeping up appearances for his Nazi patrons.

I'm trying not to get sucked into movies while there's Vitamin D daylight happening.

Maybe after I finish "East of Eden" I could flip back and forth between "Escape from Sobibor" and "The English Patient."

I'm glad that me and the tree are on good terms!

I wouldn't be surprised if Westerbork was better than some of the 400 plus detention centers that are making a tiny fraction of people richer...

"Jewish Love Song recorded in Concentration Camp (1944) 'Westerbork Serenade'"

https://youtube.com/watch?v=wWsczojYluo&si=qrtNKopCRVHrmRIT

If the concentration camps we are paying for are more like Westerbork than Auschwitz, I think that's no great thing to brag about.

"this post is..."

theresasdaughter

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DeKqn_QIoxB/?dlrf=Y3ZsMmoyYWhodGEy

That's part of the old ways that are getting discarded.

It won't do to get more successful by acting like some people are the outcast and the untouchables.

Kind of like a lighthouse, or having a light on to guide others...

I think that the men and women who truly are comfortable with talking about the things that a lot of women are talking about in regards to making the world a safer place for themselves and for everybody seem the most trustworthy and mature ones right now, and it doesn't mean they have to be perfect about talking about it, but being willing to talk about it at all is a very good thing.

I like the UK title of this book!

"Wild Signs and Star Paths" - The Natural Navigator

https://www.naturalnavigator.com/books-and-library/wild-signs-and-star-paths/

I want to read up on the clouds again soon. I just don't have all of that knowledge in my head at the moment.

I feel very happy that I know that this is a good time for women's studies for me

"We want justice⚜️"

sarah_olivia_rose

https://www.instagram.com/reel/Deb7jqhITW_/?vrfl=dnlucjdldXFzbjlk

"Halloween..."

maggiestthomas

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DeVKa7qhmGi/?exln=M3h6YW56cnhpamdi

"Sis."

jes_robins

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DeZ41IRvQNo/?obrf=emt4NjJteHkzNDg2

Used to be a Christian following an incomplete Bible

"I used to be a Christian"

quantum_nara

https://www.instagram.com/reel/Dc8nkpBMU-9/?mdxt=cWxlajNocHU4aWwx

"Following an incomplete bible"

quantum_nara

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DeC-IsPhaSX/?xtok=NXZoczZlYWY2NmFn

Now I feel like I wanna go fishin

"If I were you, I would be very careful"

brians_gone_fishin

https://www.threads.com/share/BAJtAfqBMM/

Feeling blessed!

"One of the most ridiculous things I've ever..."

vernac.ular

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DeaigdqoExr/?rpxt=MTdpeXp5MDg4ajk4Yg==

"I am also starting to suspect..."

redsunflowers2

https://www.instagram.com/reel/Deah5U2MPSH/?xtok=MTh0OTJpOWc0bWM0eA==

"Next time you learn about Pythagoras..."

tetyanawrites

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DeZPy4ehGRh/?obrf=MXFzaW41dXFrNTBmMg==

And now is when I'm thinking about it.

I keep on thinking about when I saw that Customs House in Salem, and I knew I was going to be thinking about it again someday. I just knew it. I wonder if I only saw it from the outside. I might not have even gone inside it. Maybe it wasn't open that day. I don't know. So long ago...