I used o have difficulty working because it made me think about Reeducation. So at this point there was an excursus in my notes, boiling Reeducation down. It said: The fourth point, on limiting intellectual power, is the one that stands out now. What was so painful about it all was the imperative to suppress … More An excursus on Reeducation
Of course there’s a Spanish professor who says we should not teach Borges at all, we should teach about the drug wars, but I will have to go further with him, not less far. My irritation with the version of Borges taught in many English classes is that they call him and various others “magical … More Borges, or, I guess I’ve got to develop another course
It’s the first day of spring, rebirth, and the equinox, that turning point of the world, and it is beautiful and clear, luminous, springlike in all senses, in a way we rarely get here. I stayed up too late and life’s events and the semester have created turmoil, but I can see the spring so … More Spring equinox
I was always so used to the Mediterranean, sea and mountain light. I did not know the light could be different. I did not know that a key reason I was happy with what I was doing was that it was making it possible to stay in this light. Coming home was easy this time, … More The light
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