You know (of course) that I have attempted several life audits; in fact, one is found on the this page, in a feature called “The sequence of a life in 17 sentences”. My last effort to “look back”, at 2005, floundered on the rocks of futility; not the futility of words, nor the lack of [...]
Those spans of Christian-time we call “weekends”, stretching from short, shrift Fridays to long lazy Sundays, seldom warrants thinking about; somehow or rather, you savour it, it savours you. Which leaves the remaining four days. Thursdays are lubricated by a reverse spillage from the anticipated Friday. Best described as en-lulled Thursdays. Wednesdays are threshold days, [...]
I’m not sure what steered me initially away, and brought me to what I hope to be a more permanent return to the site. Things change, I suppose. I used to subscribe to the Times Literary Supplement; each new issue invariably arrived on a Tuesday, and it would be the focal point until, once religiously [...]
How elusive is time? I last clicked on the “Write Post” button of this blog more than six months ago, in early September. Much has taken place since then, not least my impending marriage to Jenny (see here for her one and only post on this blog). Yes, I’m guilty (and it’s true): love has [...]
It is curious how inertia weighs so heavily, how such a non-exerting phenomena, a mere nothingness, can extract precisely its opposite. Energia – motion and potential – gently seeps into and takes residence in our psyche during fallow periods. It is contrary, if I recall, to the lightness that Calvino and Kundera address. Downtheinkwell takes [...]
Some all-time favourite mod-cons: Melatonin Valet Parking Flossing and baking soda toothpaste Brushing my teeth in the shower crispy Bacon The “snooze” button on the alarm Tangerine Altoids Bare upper arms and shoulders Straight lines – I realise this isn’t exactly a modern phenomenon but nonetheless, who can object to the gracefulness of two points [...]
movies: Let’s start with a definition. Movies are, always and everywhere, each representations of “a voyage of self-discovery”. Films, by contrast, are better viewed as works of art, having disposed the imperative to cultivate. 1. Se7en 2. Vanilla Sky. 3. 12 Monkeys 4. Memento All the above play with and disrupt conventional narratives to create [...]
Uncategorised items: While subsuming the particular under its appropriate category can be a futile task, one is sufficiently “inspired” by High Fidelity – the movie of the book of the life? The male psyche revealed – to attempt a list. Worst thing is, guys like lists. Bruce recently saw the movie – and he said [...]
