Jonathan Livingston Seagull

What a sight. Aren't you describing a scene in Jonathan Livingston Segal? Probably so.

And my last book recommendation is Jonathan Livingston Seagull by Richard Bach, which is about this sequel that everyone's like, you're never going to be able to fly that far.

After World War II, he worked in Hollywood for a time as a documentarian and a cinematographer, ultimately getting nominated for an Academy Award for Best Cinematography for a little film called Jonathan Livingston Motherfucking Seagull.

Next week, we are watching the 1973 film adaptation of the bestselling book, Jonathan Livingston Siegel with an original soundtrack written and recorded by the one, the only Neil Diamond.

What did you learn from Jonathan Livingston Seagull when you were in second grade? Oh, yeah. It's a great book, right, by this guy named Richard Bach.

The theme of the book was that the limits you experience are really limits of your own mind, not limits of the world itself.

Didn't remember that book?

I didn't even know it.

I remember there was a Neil Diamond album based on the book.

Jonathan Livingston's Seagull yeah.

Hugely popular bestselling book from like 1973 called Jonathan Livingston's Seagull.

or she goes down inside and listens to her mom talk about the latest chapter she read in Jonathan Livingston Segal or something

I hope you like Jonathan Livingston Siegel. Cause she's sending you a copy very soon. I'm going to tell you that right now. Jonathan Denningston Siegel. Cause that's all they want to talk about. People who died and where they died in this house.

I came across a book and I don't even know how, I don't know where it came from. It was Jonathan Livingston Seagull actually.

I came across a book and I don't even know how, I don't know where it came from. It was Jonathan Livingston Seagull actually.

And you know, as short little book and kind of a metaphor and it almost, when you start reading the story of this sequel it almost, there are similarities to the Christian faith.

but then it turns into something quite different and turns into this description of this passion for knowledge and discovery and evolution, you know, trying to evolve into something and trying to find meaning and celebrating the joy of that and then also at the same time observing that we're all equal, that we're all the same and sharing this common human experience and yet there are mysteries and wonders and things to be discovered and it really opened my mind a lot and got me thinking and increased the feelings of dissatisfaction I think I was experiencing with a traditional church.