This not only serves to pop that awkward thought balloon, but it also opens an opportunity to talk about the skills required to manage a disability, like strategic planning and time management.
An awkward thought crossed my mind the morning of the presentation.
"People are always asking me, 'How are you so comfortable being naked?" she says, as though reading my ever-awkward thoughts.
Consider the song "Things I Wonder": There are many things I wonder There are many things I don't It seems as though the things I wonder most Are the things I never find out Is this the colloquial ease and dislocated syntax of a James Schuyler poem or the awkward innermost thoughts of a speechless teen-ager?
But I still feel awkward at the thought of telling women that they should not and could not participate in this culture.
The awkward, disjointed, deep thought randomness and repeated themes reminded me strongly of David Lynch and Mulholland Drive (though, based on what I've been told, Lost Highway or Inland Empire could possibly be even better examples), who, as much as I dislike what I've seen, has been influential in several corners of Hollywood.
And then you have Christoph Niemann, famed illustrator for the New Yorker, whose episode is shot in a very quiet, wry way, weft with his own illustrations, and cut in with b-roll that depicts his awkward ambling, his thought process, his very small-scale physical process of creation.
A 1973 piece consists of two small wood boxes, each labeled in the artist's slightly awkward cursive: "Unpleasant Private Thoughts" and "Secret Words".
They do, but the account of the session, complete with its awkward silences and unspoken thoughts about the at times bitter battle between them, is vividly told.
