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a door opens upon dawn / photograph by clh Write what you know. Write what you love. 'In this dark night that envelopes us the more the spectacle of current events hurts us, the more we must internally commit ourselves to justice. The more inhumanity we see around us the more human we must be. We see nothing but hatred all around. So let us resist. Let us nourish within ourselves the divine that never surrenders. The great sweetness. And the real thirst to love. The more disorder we see, the more order we must create. Care and scruples in the smallest things. As this arrogant brutality grows unabated and tramples on all that is venerable we must be more respectful in our hearts. As the night of lies darkens around us, we must master the truth. And never surrender an inch of it.' From the French drama film Secret Name , 2021, directed by Aurèlia Georges, written by Aurèlia Georges and Maud Ameline and inspired by the 1873 novel, The New M...
