The Map of Tiny Perfect Things

and not getting fat? 491 00:28:35,005 --> 00:28:37,466 No, you showed me this when you showed me the eagle. 492 00:28:37,550 --> 00:28:39,176 I mean, think about it. 493 00:28:39,260 --> 00:28:41,053 Most of life is just junk, right? 494 00:28:41,137 --> 00:28:42,221 It’s-it’s filler. 495 00:28:42,304 --> 00:28:43,973 -Hmm. -And then... 496 00:28:44,056 --> 00:28:46,851 there’s these moments 497 00:28:46,934 --> 00:28:50,271 when all the randomness turns into something perfect. 498 00:28:50,354 --> 00:28:53,649 It’s like life’s dropping all the bullshit 499 00:28:53,732 --> 00:28:56,068 just for a second to show us how amazing 500 00:28:56,152 --> 00:28:59,113 it could be all the time if it wanted to. 501 00:28:59,196 --> 00:29:01,866 Hmm. I don’t know. 502 00:29:01,949 --> 00:29:05,619 I think maybe we’re supposed to become, like, better people. 503 00:29:05,703 --> 00:29:08,205 Though I honestly don’t even know how that could be possible. 504 00:29:08,289 --> 00:29:09,457 I mean, think about it. 505 00:29:09,540 --> 00:29:11,000 We must miss so many of them. 506 00:29:11,083 --> 00:29:13,002 All those tiny perfect things, 507 00:29:13,085 --> 00:29:14,962 they’re just-- poof-- gone. 508 00:29:15,045 --> 00:29:16,881 Lost forever. 509 00:29:18,466 --> 00:29:20,593 But not today. 510 00:29:20,676 --> 00:29:23,804 That is a disturbingly inspirational idea, Mark. 511 00:29:23,888 --> 00:29:26,932 But-- mmm-- I have to go. 512 00:29:32,188 --> 00:29:34,482 Why do I always feel like, even though we’re stuck 513 00:29:34,565 --> 00:29:37,026 in the same day together, I am never gonna see you again? 514 00:29:37,109 --> 00:29:40,196 Because you watch too much Doctor Who. 515 00:29:40,279 --> 00:29:42,448 Wait. What if we found them all? 516 00:29:45,409 --> 00:29:48,037 -What do you mean? -All the perfect things 517 00:29:48,120 --> 00:29:52,208 in this one town, in this one day... 518 00:29:52,291 --> 00:29:53,542 We could collect them. 519 00:29:53,626 --> 00:29:54,919 Like Pokémon? 520 00:29:55,002 --> 00:29:57,171 Kind of like Pokémon. 521 00:29:58,589 --> 00:30:00,466 We’d be like partners. 522 00:30:00,549 --> 00:30:03,010 I mean, talk about seizing the day. 523 00:30:03,093 --> 00:30:05,137 The day’s been seized. 524 00:30:05,221 --> 00:30:07,890 It’s right here. It’s waiting for us. 525 00:30:07,973 --> 00:30:10,643 Mark, you don’t understand, okay? 526 00:30:10,726 --> 00:30:11,894 I’m not like you. 527 00:30:11,977 --> 00:30:13,979 I don’t want to seize the day. 528 00:30:14,063 --> 00:30:16,857 I just don’t want the day to seize me. 529 00:30:18,567 --> 00:30:20,152 Okay? 530 00:30:24,782 --> 00:30:27,201 I’m just trying to get through this. 531 00:30:27,284 --> 00:30:29,078 So am I. 532 00:30:30,663 --> 00:30:33,457 We’re not that different, Margaret. 533 00:30:33,541 --> 00:30:35,084 We’re not like other people. 534 00:30:35,167 --> 00:30:37,294 Everyone else gets a brand-new day every day, 535 00:30:37,378 --> 00:30:40,548 but not us-- this is the only one we have. 536 00:30:40,631 --> 00:30:44,552 Sometimes I think, what if it’s not enough? 537 00:30:46,095 --> 00:30:48,305 I just want it to mean something. 538 00:30:51,058 --> 00:30:54,728 Besides, you know, it’s just us. 539 00:30:56,438 --> 00:30:58,732 Everyone else is asleep. 540 00:31:12,746 --> 00:31:15,332 MARGARET: You know what you said about the fourth dimension? 541 00:31:15,416 --> 00:31:16,792 MARK: The one that’s not time? 542 00:31:16,875 --> 00:31:19,211 MARGARET: Yeah. It’s still not time. 543 00:31:19,295 --> 00:31:23,007 But I’ve been thinking about what it really is, and... 544 00:31:23,090 --> 00:31:25,217 You know we have three dimensions, right? 545 00:31:25,301 --> 00:31:26,844 -Right? -Go on. 546 00:31:26,927 --> 00:31:28,429 Okay, so now think about your shadow. 547 00:31:28,512 --> 00:31:30,097 Okay, your shadow is two-dimensional. 548 00:31:30,180 --> 00:31:31,307 It’s flat. 549 00:31:31,390 --> 00:31:33,100 So think about something that would cast 550 00:31:33,183 --> 00:31:35,394 a three-dimensional shadow-- that’s the fourth dimension. 551 00:31:35,477 --> 00:31:37,980 I mean, technically, we’re just the shadows 552 00:31:38,063 --> 00:31:40,190 of four-dimensional people. 553 00:31:41,859 --> 00:31:43,861 -Whoa. -Yeah. 554 00:31:47,239 --> 00:31:50,451 Somebody actually figured out what a 4D cube would look like. 555 00:31:53,662 --> 00:31:56,498 I taught myself how to draw it. 556 00:31:56,582 --> 00:31:59,418 When I was little, I used to look for it everywhere. 557 00:32:01,879 --> 00:32:04,465 I mean, theoretically, it’s around us all the time. 558 00:32:04,548 --> 00:32:06,884 We’re just not looking in the right direction. 559 00:32:15,142 --> 00:32:17,561 You could see everything from in there. 560 00:32:19,021 --> 00:32:21,732 And you could see inside things, you could never get lost. 561 00:32:21,815 --> 00:32:25,444 It’s like the whole world is a map of itself. 56