Happy birthday Jean Luc Godard

Thoughts, a ship and a lullaby just for the master...

        True masters do not proclaim themselves. It is their acolytes, chosen or self-declared, that respectfully bestow such praise upon the likes of Jean Luc Godard. And what are the elements of our adopted master?  A meld of contradictions: obstinate shyness, a cagey sense of humor, a silent sense of self-worth, and a deep sense of the worth of other…