Category: Found objects
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Simplicity is the way home
The following quote is by William Rivers Pitt who was writing after the death of Eric Carle, author of the children’s book The Hungry Caterpillar: Simplicity: whatever can be done within reach of your arm. Eric Carle took 224 words, 22 lines and his paintbrush, and made the world better. Such a small thing, such…
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Do you remain awake for a short time after having your head lopped off?
OK, I don’t even know what to do with this. I came across it looking for something else. And if you are squeamish you might want to move on right about now. But. I know that when you watch a movie, like Game of Thrones or some other horror movie or period piece, and somebody…
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The ones who walk away.
The following passage is an excerpt from Iain McGilchrist’s magnificent book ‘The Matter With Things’ Ursula Le Guin’s searing short story, ‘The ones who walk away from Omelas’, describes a city of extraordinary beauty, whose people lead lives of delight, great wholesomeness and vitality. They are a morally and politically sophisticated society, technologically not advanced,…
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App review: Obsidian
I have been using Obsidian for well over a year now. It is my go-to tool for knowledge building and synthesising information. Five stars. Obsidian is a simple text-based information management system. It uses markdown language (basically a shorthand way of formatting your text) to build and organise personal notes. It also allows you to…
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