Skip to content

Commit

Permalink
Reword life page after some proofreading
Browse files Browse the repository at this point in the history
  • Loading branch information
villasv committed Jun 10, 2024
1 parent 69ba575 commit 2d41810
Showing 1 changed file with 14 additions and 13 deletions.
27 changes: 14 additions & 13 deletions app/(aspects)/words/life/page.tsx
Original file line number Diff line number Diff line change
Expand Up @@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ const LifeWasAStronglyPurposed = stretchable(
hereinafter described.
</Blockquote>
<Paragraph>That was the purpose of LIFE - an</Paragraph>
</>,
</>
);

const idealizedByHenryLuceAndPortrayedInABenStillerMovie = stretchable(
Expand All @@ -32,24 +32,24 @@ const idealizedByHenryLuceAndPortrayedInABenStillerMovie = stretchable(
2010's.
</>,
<>
producing 1,864 consecutive weekly issues. In its prime it would come to
producing 1,864 consecutive weekly issues. In its prime, it would come to
sell more than 10 million copies a week, playing a historical role in
photojournalism. Its founder Henry Robinson Luce had an ambitious vision for
a picture book magazine he described in its prospectus quoted above,
reflecting on the purpose of human life itself.
photojournalism. Its founder, Henry Robinson Luce, had an ambitious vision
for a picture book magazine he described in its prospectus, reflecting on
the purpose of human life itself.
<br />
<Paragraph>
That ideal found its way into the 2013 movie "The Secret Life of Walter
Mitty", which follows a daydreaming photographic assets manager from LIFE
magazine as he ventures into the world while the magazine nears its end
with a last print issue. Directed by and starring Ben Stiller, the movie
with one last print issue. Directed by and starring Ben Stiller, the movie
adaptation of the LIFE magazine emphasizes its motto:
</Paragraph>
<Blockquote>
To see the world, things dangerous to come to, to see behind walls, draw
closer, to find each other, and to <em>feel</em>.
</Blockquote>
</>,
</>
);

const InspiredByHenryLucesLIFE = stretchable(
Expand All @@ -61,11 +61,11 @@ const InspiredByHenryLucesLIFE = stretchable(
</Paragraph>
<Paragraph>
Drawing from Henry Luce's vision, LIFE's historical motif and modern
adaptation, reworded and adapted to my tastes, here it goes a motto I've
adaptation, reworded and adapted to my tastes, here it goes, a motto I've
committed to my heart:
</Paragraph>
<Paragraph>-</Paragraph>
</span>,
</span>
);

export default function Page() {
Expand All @@ -74,10 +74,11 @@ export default function Page() {
<h1>⏳ The Purpose of LIFE</h1>
<Paragraph>
{InspiredByHenryLucesLIFE} To experience the world; to witness great
events; to uncover the struggles of the poor and the ambitions of the
powerful; to observe things far away, things dangerous to come to, the
hidden and the strange; to stay curious and to be instructed; to draw
closer, and to feel. That is the purpose of life.
events; to comprehend the struggles of the poor and the ambitions of the
powerful; to discover multitudes, things far away, things hidden behind
walls, things dangerous to come to; to stay curious and to be
instructed; to draw closer, to find each other, and to feel. That is the
purpose of life.
</Paragraph>
</div>
);
Expand Down

0 comments on commit 2d41810

Please sign in to comment.