August 2009
1 post
Seeing, scribbling, watching.
Naipaul’s way of writing what he sees. Mandelbrot’s emphasis on pictures in a sterile academic environment. Ramon y Cajal’s pictures, drawings based on his analysis of “millions of neurons”. Then, this, the sterile picture that awaits the exalted eye, the practised hand of our parochial critics. Well, to hell with them.
I am thinking about strands as I write this, in...
March 2009
2 posts
Euphoria
n. (from the original Greek) The ability to endure easily. NB Also the power to endure disease easily. “Born sick, commanded to be well.” Look up Fulke-Greville. (Common usage) An emotional state wherein elation and great happiness are momentarily felt. adj. Euphoric. So last night, considering all the ramifications of letting go of God and Godding, a great man came to my help:...
February 2009
4 posts
“To each according to his threat advantage does not count as a principle of...”
– J. Rawls - A Theory of Justice (1971)
“Gus am bris an la agus an teich na sgailean.”
– Old Scottish Saying
Old Greetings
Hello world.