QOTD
“Books are not made to be believed, but to be subjected to inquiry. When we consider a book, we mustn't ask ourselves what it says but what it means...”
― Umberto Eco, The Name of the Rose
January 4th, 2021
It's all been said.
But there was no need to be ashamed of tears, for tears bore witness that a man had the greatest of courage, the courage to suffer.
― Viktor E. Frankl, Man's Search for Meaning
Well, it's Monday.
For me that means I'm back in harness, sitting here waiting for the day to unfold and doing my early-morning thing.
I've enjoyed the break.
A few days of rest and recuperation — and a bit of eating! — has been nice and very welcome given the shi*fest of 2020.
Today's post is reasonably short; namely, it's all been said before.
You know that.
So why then is it we're overwhelmed with all this consumer-driven content, books that we'll never read (even though a few keep whispering to us) and the unease of knowing, perhaps, that something's amiss with this world and the one waiting for the next generation?
( Collapse )Four Seasons Total Landscaping Press Conference
Jaw dropping.
— Ju.
My tweets
- Sun, 12:59: Meet the new breed of cabinet minister – too rubbish to fail | Sonia Sodha https://t.co/X1IIyNnCuz
- Sun, 14:41: Food poverty is a much bigger issue than the pandemic imho. I'm so glad @WFP got the @NobelPrize but it only highlights the tragedy of the situation.
- Sun, 17:00: You can learn only if you do not know | J. Krishnamurti https://t.co/9K1npwL39C / his first public talk at Brockwood Park https://t.co/wvru44TYfc
- Mon, 04:53: Here we go again. (it's not that light right now.) https://t.co/4QwOPXMKbO
- Mon, 06:00: “The road to creativity passes so close to the madhouse and often detours or ends there.” ― Ernest Becker, The Denial of Death
- Mon, 07:00: It's all been said. https://t.co/VnQebqYNAM / today's little blog offering https://t.co/11I0ZTuzxm
- Mon, 09:11: If I was still in private practice (law), I'd like to think that my firm would have or would be prepared to engage in a very different conversation about what being a lawyer means in a post-CV19 world. For me at least, business as usual simply wouldn't cut it.
- Mon, 09:22: The Full(est Possible) Story of the Four Seasons Total Landscaping Press Event https://t.co/Apbcw6NGKz / HT to @daringfireball https://t.co/D2pr80jf4y
- Mon, 09:46: Back to Work, 7 https://t.co/lr5TTr9ZUd / Nicholas Bate (I wonder how many of us are in this space?)
- Mon, 10:00: Thanks @Riverford for the veg boxes (I take my sis-in-law's in for her). The delivery driver who was covering for a colleague was great (I think he was French). Can't wait to get stuck in with some nice #vegan cooking.
