Work and talking with normal people
Sometimes, he was asked to show his sketches; he extended them across a desk, feeling a contraction of shame in the muscles of his hand; it was like having the clothes torn off his body, and the shame was not, that his body was exposed, but that it was exposed to indifferent eyes.
Relate this to the best scene of one of my favorite movies (just posting the precise moment, but of course the whole scene is just perfect, like most of the movie):
- Howard has to read the trade pieces, Mom, because he's designing a new aeroplane.
- Oh, really? Do tell.
- Well...
...it's quite exciting, actually.
It's a spy plane for the Air Corps.
A twin-engine plane with some...
...I must admit, some rather unique design features.
You see, it has these two booms at the back...
- Luddie built a birdhouse once. You remember that, dear?
2007-11-30