I started my day thinking I would write about the film, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly. The adapted memoir of Jean-Dominique Beauby, former editor of Elle. It was the most visually interesting film I have seen in a long time. It is shot from Beauby’s perspective, literally seen through his eyes, as he struggles [...]
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a walk in difused light
Last night, walking the dogs again, the moon was nearly full but behind a cloudy-almost-overcast sky. There was enough light to discern rudimentary shapes but it was diffused and projected no shadows. I began to feel a familiar sensation. I’m often struck by how a painting, that first seemed foreign to me, slaps back into [...]
more thoughts on “Blink”
Last night as I walked the dogs in the dark I thought about the book “Blink” again. Yes now that the time has changed again, it is dark by the time I get home and change into my grubby dog /woods walking cloths. I don’t mind too much, things appear different in the dark. Trying [...]
Driving & reading
I just finished reading, or rather listening to, “Blink: the power of thinking without thinking” by Malcolm Gladwell. I’ve been driving 45 minutes each way to and from work for about ten years but I just now discovered audio books. They are great, but I do find that my mind wanders , on occasion, and [...]
