I’m always the last to hear about Nobel prizes. My last physics award was when I was in the seventh grade… I’ve lost interest since then.
If you’re like me, you’ve probably never paid a second thought to Harold Pinter getting the Nobel Prize for Literature last year (I still can’t believe 2005 is “last” year).
I just stumbled upon his Nobel lecture and I thought it’s an amazing piece of writing. The lecture is available as a video as well as text so pick whatever media you prefer. I’m a man of the written word so I read it.
In his lecture, Harold Pinter quotes poetry, tells about writing his plays (screenwriters take notes!), but more importantly talks about truth. Not in literature, but in politics. The lecture might be a bit hard to swallow for some (at one point he send Tony Blair to the International Criminal Court of Justice). Yet, if you write a piece that goes for 40 minutes and “captures the hearts and minds”. I wanted to avoid cliches but I guess I’m not in the same league as him.
I know this post is a departure from my usual babbling about HD cameras and the new Panasonic HVX200, but you gotta bear it with me.
Peace V
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