How, knowing that even the universe is dying, do we bear our lives? The finitude and yet vastness of both our deeds and the cosmos through a fleeting moment of contemplation. This is a poem written by Maria Popova, performed here by Nick Cave and transformed into animation by Daniel Bruson.
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