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your curious life: on the uk riots
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Wednesday, August 10, 2011. On the uk riots. People have been in touch with me asking about the riots going on in the UK. Unsurprisingly, information about the context and background seems to have been thin on the ground, and pushed aside in favour of the many striking photos of London (and now Manchester, Birmingham, Liverpool, and other places) burning. Begin at the beginning. That's a hard one. Real life isn't a story, not some neat linear narrative. Here are some variants on that answer:. Eavesdroppi...
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your curious life: August 2011
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Wednesday, August 10, 2011. On the uk riots. People have been in touch with me asking about the riots going on in the UK. Unsurprisingly, information about the context and background seems to have been thin on the ground, and pushed aside in favour of the many striking photos of London (and now Manchester, Birmingham, Liverpool, and other places) burning. Begin at the beginning. That's a hard one. Real life isn't a story, not some neat linear narrative. Here are some variants on that answer:. Eavesdroppi...
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your curious life: July 2011
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Monday, July 18, 2011. Dreary, dark, and damp city. and wolves. I love this weather. I really do. Cold and wet has always been my favourite, even over snow. Right now, though, I’ve got my cosy sweater and a quilt. I’ve got tea, and spinach and chickpea soup, and walnut cake for later. I’ve got Dylan Thomas, and Alan Garner if I finish him, and Seth Lakeman. I’m in lazy, cozy, easy, soulfood mode. Vaguely relatedly, I'd really like to share something. It's this story:. The Wolves of Brooklyn. With its tra...
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your curious life
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Wednesday, July 13, 2011. A purifying or figurative cleansing of the emotions, especially pity and fear, described by Aristotle as an effect of tragic drama on its audience. A release of emotional tension, as after an overwhelming experience, that restores or refreshes the spirit. Eu·pho·ri·a. A feeling of great happiness or well-being. Don't get me wrong; I'm the last person to take me seriously. But sometimes I'm forced to. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead,. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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your curious life: things I have learnt
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Thursday, July 14, 2011. Things I have learnt. No matter how far and how fast you run, you're always going to be right behind yourself. That's just how it works. Stop running. Relatedly, there's not much point in beating yourself up. Not only will you be battered and sore in the morning, you'll be the one who has to patch yourself up. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). You must feel very strange). Withyouinrockland @ gmail . com. Dreary, dark, and damp city. and wolves. Things I have learnt.
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your curious life: February 2011
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Tuesday, February 15, 2011. 9am wake up to a beautiful morning, make a cup of tea, slice up a nectarine, and head into the sitting room to watch the sun come through the windows. notice i’ve accidently left my mobile in there overnight, check it to realize i’ve missed a call from home, minutes before. Why is she at my father and stepmom’s house? And then i’m scared, because she’s asking where i am, and if there’s anyone at home with me. I just don’t know. Thursday, February 3, 2011. Shine like the sky.
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your curious life: April 2011
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Monday, April 4, 2011. Paris in the springtime. Tro entrance, a view from the Promenade Plant. E, Notre Dame from the South Bank, Monet's Les Nymphéas at Le Mus. Ée de l'Orangerie, paintings for sale, lilac blooming on a typical caf. É, and the best bookshop in the world.). Sunday, April 3, 2011. City of the dead. A few scenes from around my hostel on the Canal St-Martin, and the jazz band I just came upstairs from listening to. Leaving London this morning, I felt a surge of pure, dumb fear. It grew ...
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your curious life: publications
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A handful of stones. Mar 4, 2011. A handful of stones. Feb 9, 2011. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). You must feel very strange). Withyouinrockland @ gmail . com. On the uk riots. And your curious life with me / will be told so often / that no one will believe / you grew old. Simple template. Powered by Blogger.
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your curious life: paper journal paper journal
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Tuesday, July 12, 2011. Paper journal paper journal. Some excerpts. a l'expédition francaise. There is a strangeness to learning how to lose someone that you already missed. How do you deal with grief and loss when you've gotten so used to living with the absence of loved ones? Instantly, the way you do, that this was the right place for me to come. Written on the train back to Paris). On the bus ride back to London, primarily the Chunnel. Last night I drunkenly wandered the streets of Montmartre at 2am,...
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your curious life: dreary, dark, and damp city. and wolves.
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Monday, July 18, 2011. Dreary, dark, and damp city. and wolves. I love this weather. I really do. Cold and wet has always been my favourite, even over snow. Right now, though, I’ve got my cosy sweater and a quilt. I’ve got tea, and spinach and chickpea soup, and walnut cake for later. I’ve got Dylan Thomas, and Alan Garner if I finish him, and Seth Lakeman. I’m in lazy, cozy, easy, soulfood mode. Vaguely relatedly, I'd really like to share something. It's this story:. The Wolves of Brooklyn. With its tra...
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