Senses working overtime #196

1 Captain Marvel

Are you really pleased that this is ready to set all sorts of records? Me too. 

See what I did there?

2 Bruce Willis

An under-appreciated talent? There is a case for that, but we've recently watched him play a brutal revenge seeking surgeon (hahahaha) in 2018's Death Wish on Netflix and, really Bruce? Really?

3 The Speaker

A superhero movie? Erm, nope. Although...

It's the way the Europeans and Yanks are styling John Bercow, the Speaker in the House of Commons, that is interesting here. 

4 Rituals and routines

Interesting article - as someone who has had his routines and rituals completely disrupted lately, I can freely attest that discombobulation is the result. This edition of JFTT is coming to you from Sunday! Yikes!

Here's a taste from the article:

As Maria Popova, founder of Brain Pickings writes, though very different in practice, routine and ritual seem to be two sides of the same coin-

While routine aims to make the chaos of everyday life more containable and controllable, ritual aims to imbue the mundane with an element of the magical. The structure of routine comforts us, and the specialness of ritual vitalizes us.

5 Star Wars Episode IX
Excitement is building. What do we know so far?

Overtime Noddy Holder

Having just finished his autobiography (Who's Crazee Now?) I figured it was time to celebrate with one of my fav Slade songs.

Senses working overtime #171

1 Delayed gratification
My blog posting schedule is out of whack somewhat as we've moved to an air b'n'b before we leave NZ. Unfortunately there is no internet/ cell phone coverage where we are but it is idyllic! 

So, better late than never - here's my sensual selections for the last week: great lake views from our temporary place, birdsong and some movie catch-ups.

We have a DVD player so we went for Arrival and the second Kingsman movies. Of the two, Arrival was absorbing and worth my time. I can recommend that one (second Kingsman was disappointing).

2 Star Wars Episode IX

Exciting news - cast and crew for Episode IX. Read all about it!

3 Little Richard

He's been on my mind as he was the object of a Mojo piece on David Bowie. Great piece from the Immortal Jukebox.

4 Seth Godin - the truth about logos

Here’s a simple test:

Ask a few people to name a logo they like.

With very few exceptions, people will choose a logo that’s associated with a brand they admire.

That’s because what makes a good logo is a good brand, not the other way around.

5 Poetry Corner

I have to tell you

I have to tell you, 
there are times when 
the sun strikes me 
like a gong, 
and I remember everything, 
even your ears.

Dorothea Grossman (2010)

Overtime - another great poem (which links us back to the lake from number 1 in a nifty way)

from Interlunar

We have come to the edge:
the lake gives off its hush;
in the outer night there is a barred owl 
calling, like a moth
against the ear, from the far shore
which is invisible.
The lake, vast and dimensionless,
doubles everything, the stars,
the boulders, itself, even the darkness 
that you can walk so long in 
it becomes light.

Margaret Atwood (1984)