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in search of elegance
so I've just been spending four hours trying to wrangle a piece of fiction into being elegant to read. possibly almost there, as long as we speak in whispers and don't make any sudden moves. but i need a moment of escape, and so have come to write completely different things.
The other night I finished readingThe Secret Garden, which I hadn't read ( Read more... ) -
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been an interesting sort of day, the kind that can't be expressed in a status update.
Took me eight, nine, ten hours to get going but when i did it felt good.
Been pondering of late. Actually not pondering, more a surprising maelstrom of thought.
My stop is next. -
symbolism, metaphor, connotations and connections
i've been reading two books by George Lakoff recently: Don't Think Of An Elephant! and Where Mathematics comes from. He's very into metaphor - his main idea of the world seems to be that people understand the world through frameworks and metaphors and if something doesn't make sense in your framework (even if it is 'true') you discount it. I like ( Read more... ) -
bias
this week i've been thinking about various ideas, trying to work out which i want to expand on ( Read more... ) -
for some reason
i am up at 6:30 in the morning. and when i say up i mean i've been awake for over an hour and a half. i've had a shower and first breakfast and i'm ready to seize the day. only problem is, there's no day to seize. it's very much still dark outside ( Read more... ) -
the status quo is not neutral
dear mumsy-wumsy ( Read more... ) -
fall out of the summer sky
i'm listening to '99 Red Balloons' which i just discovered on my computer. there's so much music on my compty that i didn't know about. it's quite exciting ( Read more... ) -
power to the people
i just went and saw a primary school concert. it just made me so happy. i was all "yeah, i'm a rocker! i rock out ( Read more... ) -
tea, dips and veges
dear mum ( Read more... ) -
i know it's me, fuck off.
dear mumsy ( Read more... )