“Read. The book is still the greatest manmade machine of all – not the
car, not the TV, not the computer or the smartphone." - Ken Burns
During this time of quarantine, we've had the opportunity to watch Burns' award-winning series Baseball, not only America's Pastime but also a reflection on American life, culture and development as a nation during the past 150 years. I commend it to every writer (and reader), not only as a cathartic film during these pandemic times but also as an example of how the concise use of words - here as scripting for these wonderful shows - can be just as powerful and meaningful as the greatest literary volumes.
“Insist that we support science and the arts, especially the arts," Burns said to a graduating class in 2015 in advising what the graduates can ask of their country's leaders. "They (science and the arts)
have nothing to do with the actual defense of the country – they just make the
country worth defending.”
Ken
Burns
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