Quevedo

24/08/2014

The blues aren’t pessimistic. We’re prisoners of hope but we tell the truth and the truth is dark. That’s different. And this is a different attitude from the baroque desengaño but I would like to re-study some baroque literature now. Axé.

Types of pain people are in, or, why you should prefer health

24/08/2014

Before I went into Reeducation, others were doing it and it seemed a bad thing. They would gleefully tick off the things wrong with them from the list they had been given, saying look, I am dysfunctional here, and here, and here … and I would think: “I cannot afford to undertake that kind of … More Types of pain people are in, or, why you should prefer health

Further evidence

24/08/2014

And the e-mail says: “Your research is so exciting. I cannot wait to read the paper.” (I have a lot to say about this but the reason I am putting it up here is that I am trying to internalize that working view of myself.) Axé.

Cold Light

23/08/2014

Mere om Norden — cruising among the islands of the North Atlantic, by the Arctic line … Here we sail from Iceland to the Faroes and beyond … Finally, I really liked this film although I understand the criticisms in the reviews. I like modern Icelandic very much and I think Iceland, which I have … More Cold Light

1922

22/08/2014

We can get these things at home now but I remember the excitement of their being rare and one seeing them in the cinema, and it being a special occasion. Here is the 1915 Alice in Wonderland, too. Let me not go on, all of these things are too fascinating and I love Scandinavian other-worldliness. … More 1922

Des étudiants

21/08/2014

One of my great problems is that I was always told it was important, for survival, not to be teaching oriented, and then only ever got jobs where teaching was the most important thing. I am intellectually challenging generally, so I am often considered a “bad” teacher. It has been made more than clear to … More Des étudiants