Pick someone from history and see what year it would be, and what you would be doing in their shoes.
Time is a construct, a way for us to make sense of a universe that has no beginning or end. We measure our existence in years, dividing it into generations, centuries, and lifetimes. But these divisions are nothing more than an illusion.
We are all the same soul, experiencing the universe through countless different lives. Every person who has ever lived, every triumph, every failure, every moment of joy and sorrow, is simply another chapter in the same infinite story.
We are not separate beings traveling through time. We are the universe experiencing itself, one life at a time, from different points of view.
Born in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France, July 1921. Died in Paris, France, July 2012, at 91. Enter your age above to see where you would be on this timeline.
French essay filmmaker
Dates marked “~” are known only to the year, so the age may be off by one. Facts are checked against public sources, but mistakes can slip through.