Row Row Row Your Boat; Joolen

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Updated 21 January 2026.❤🌹

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ONCE UPON A TIME; in my small village; when a new independent or foreign or art film would come out; everyone would line up! At our small film houses; for a first view. And that was really really fun! It was an occasion; it was an event. 

Though not quite; of course; as it would be in Cannes or Hollywood! But it made the premiere of that film; something to look forward to. You would know everyone there; lined up and down; or even sometimes; around the corner; to get a privileged first view. It was a veritable who's who! Of artists and actors and writers and filmmakers; in our once small arts-loving-celebrating burg. Though of course; everything grows; and then sadly; in this era perhaps; everything goes away! So don't look away; or it will be gone.❤🌹 

SO THEN; of course; we got streaming. And don't even talk to me about streaming! Which should refer to a stream. And when a stream flows; the fish flow! The community of the fish flows. But when we do streaming in our human world; the community of film; and of the arts; and of the humans; stops. It just simply stops!-I know! But that isn't right; is it? 

And i will only permit one answer on that; because this is my blogpost. You can go and write your own! And have fun then; with that.-But no; just kidding about that. (You will have fun.) Though Google does not seem to show; or to honor; our beautiful blogs anymore. But blogs are just another sweet exercise in humanity. (Whether anyone ever reads them or not.) But humans cogitating; that is a good thing. And humans celebrating art and humanity. We need all the humans we have on board these days. To save us from climate change; war; autocracy; let's go! 

And i think film helps with that too. I think all of the arts do. Art celebrates and reinforces humans; and their beautiful hopes and dreams. And their beautiful democracy. And i will not put that in the past tense yet. Nor should you.❤🌹

BUT SO i thought i would just save some bits and pieces of film notes here too! (And on my Youtube.) As well as the other notions i have begun; as they strike me; or please me. Anything about the arts is worth being celebrated; and saved. While for example; on the flip side; nothing about war would be. We need to keep celebrating. We need to keep uplifting humanity; not destroying it. From bernadette in earnest; 2025.❤🌹

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