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 new [...]
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 devoured, [...]
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 drawn [...]
By tom | February 16, 2006
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 [...]
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 enjoined in an eternal nexus of static yet serene [...]
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 a new mode [...]
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 that [...]
