This and That: Bas Jan Ader and “The Truman Show”

by Brandon Zech November 14, 2022

“This and That” is an occasional series of paired observations. See past “This and That” posts here. – Ed.

Today: Sailing into the unknown

A photograph of a man standing on top of a small sailboat floating in a body of water.

Bas Jan Ader aboard “Ocean Wave” about to set sail July 9, 1975. Image © 2015 the Estate of Bas Jan Ader / Mary Sue Ader Andersen/ The Artist Rights Society (ARS), New York. Courtesy Meliksetian | Briggs, Los Angeles.

 

A photograph of a man aboard a sailboat, sailing sideways across the picture frame.

A still from “The Truman Show”

 

 

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No matter how original, innovative or crazy your idea, someone else is also working on that idea. Furthermore, they are using notation very similar to yours. – Bruce J. MacLennan

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