[P.S.: Even as enthusiastic a cycling supporter as me believes that to be a bit of an exaggeration :)]
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The Divided Brain
Loved the ending:
“The intuitive mind is a sacred gift. The rational mind is a faithful servant.” – Einstein
We have created a society that honours the servant but has forgotten the gift.
Drive Less, Bike More.
Ain’t no grave…
Been listening to this on a loop for sometime now. Gotta stop.
Imagine…
Flash slide from Comedy Channel #4
Books, Writing & Young Readers
‘You sound critical.’
‘ I am only pointing to the obvious. If he hadn’t wasted so much of his life correcting students’ grammar and sitting through boring meetings, he might have written more, perhaps even bwritten better. But he was not a child. He knew what he was doing. He made his choice.’
‘On the other hand, being a teacher allowed him contact with a younger generation. Which he might not have had, had he withdrawn from the world and devoted himself solely to writing.’
Interesting point in that last sentence. Wonder how current writers maintain contact with the younger generations. Or is that another reason why the younger generations have given up on reading books for leisure, with the exception of fantasy genre – the writers are so out of touch with them they can’t relate to any bit of the books.
Why write?
A conversation about writing books, from the book ‘Summertime’ by J.M. Coetzee:
‘Do you really believe that? That books give meaning to our lives?’
‘Yes. A book should be an axe to chop open the frozen sea inside us. What else should it be?’
‘A gesture of refusal in the face of time. A bid for immortality.’
There’s more: though it drags a little, I like the way it ends (after the break)
3rd flash slide on Comedy Central
They’re really harping about bringing Friends over from Channel 4. Shows the power of that franchise even this many years after it actually got over!
End of yet another poor summer.. another little flash slide on Comedy Central
