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“ I noticed that the divers, in their routine, were not speaking at all. To me, they were like priests preparing for mass. Those few who have experienced the world under the frozen sky often speak of it as going down to the cathedral. ”
A night well-spent watching two excellent Werner Herzog documentaries, Encounters at the End of the World (2007), and Cave of Forgotten Dreams (2010). Herzog knows how to make a National Geographic-style shot of a cave painting or an iceberg into a truly beautiful, meaningful statement about the nature of the human experience, (a) god, the universe, and everything.