#everyday-practices

a few days after the privatised space rockets made a man the richest person on Earth…

In the society of the spectacle, in the more original sense of Guy Debord’s classical definition “all information is virtually image, the…

5.23 in the morning

At 4am he woke up and looked at the light from the street lamp illuminating the edges of the dark grey blinds. He wished he could take a…

shaving

In shaving in the morning, after a shower, standing naked beneath the stripped multicolored toweling robe. We put on a white face as…

malfeasance morning

On the train south towards the office, reading Jean-Phillippe Toussaints Urgency and Patience (in a rather nice paperback edition from…

song takes a walk in the park and changes [final]

notes to myself (12) piano refrain

She met the pianist and the singer the day before they were playing at the jazz club, the introductions were brief and inconclusive. The…

morning, notes to myself

imagine thinking that you love the morning, what could possible determine such a strange thought. A time of day.

forests, woods, plains…

There is an important distinction that can be made between the British and European feeling, understanding of going into the woods, in…

The Art of Compromise in Today’s World

Compromise has become one of the most essential — and often misunderstood — skills in today’s fast-paced, opinion-driven society. We are…

memories of the future, notes to myself [10]

Helmut Heissenbuttel quoted: Barbey d’Aurevilly’s The She Devils (1874) >> and to all this fury she…

How Cooking Taught Me to Start Small

[Habits 4–01]

rereading a sentence, a paragraph -notes to myself [9]

When i reread a sentence, a paragraph perhaps, i return to the meaning that that is already past, deadened, a meaning inherited from the…

Take a Small Step Every Day

Taking small steps every day means focusing on manageable actions that contribute to your goals. It emphasizes the importance of…

minus [-.+] about a year

About a year after he returned to Virginia the American was allowed by his seniors to return to Europe to visit his ex-wife with the…

dreams 1

why are they doing this? what is it?