I think I've always been in love with Grace. She is so wonderful, so talented, so funny, with such a beautiful spirit. You get a sense of it as she discusses writing White Rabbit.
2 A movie written by algorithm Hmm - not sure what I think about this - Sunspring is a sci-fi movie written by artificial intelligence. Definitely fits into 'senses working overtime', though. 3 Girl squad This NY Times 'report' on the Hillary Clinton/ Liz Warren meeting is hilarious!! I wish I could write clever stuff like this. 4 Brain Pickings I love tuning into the more cerebral delights of Brain Pickings. This latest piece on reading centres attention on Hermann Hesse in a stunning way! 5 Ellen's set
I saw this picture on my Twitter feed and while it didn't inspire me to go to the link, it did make me admire the set: the white square seating (which allows the humans to float via their darker clothing); the contrasting natural textures of the (fake?) wooden coffee table with book/(fake?) flowers/coffee mugs (not cups); fake cityscape with palm trees projected onto the big screen behind her; the highly polished floor. All gleaming, all fake warmth or fake expanse. It's actually really really well done! Overtime Song of the week and, yes, I love Steven Wilson's stuff: Lazurus by Steven Wilson and Porcupine Tree:
How weird can this circus get? Pretty darn weird! 4 Invisible
Some amazing photographs in this Vantage article - the depth and richness of colour and texture makes them come alive! 5 Trumpites Who is supporting the Trumpster? This article gives a snapshot of who and what the people are. Revealing and stunning! Overtime: 1 First Star Wars: Rogue One preview is out...ex-cit-ing! 2 I've been chewing over this article on Brain Pickings about the art of living for a while. It needs some concentration but is very rewarding. I recommend a read!
The goal of living [is] to grow optimally according to the conditions of human existence and thus to become fully what one potentially is; to let reason or experience guide us to the understanding of what norms are conducive to well-being, given the nature of man that reason enables us to understand.
Eek - I missed my regular posting on this blog. In fact I didn't post anything for TWO DAYS!!! Shock horror. Building a pergola and attaching sails and Valentine's day stuff completely annihilated my blogging routine. So I'll doing this before work, eeking out some time. Okay - let's go...
1 and 2 Films of 2016 Some of these are already out but these twodifferent sites have enough new content to whet the viewing whistle for 2016. 3 It's resolution time We are a few weeks into 2016 so time to revisit those resolutions. If you haven't got them going yet, there's still time! 4 Brain Pickings This is great site, as recommended by James Whatley himself. 5 Margaret Drabble
