To-do 2011

1. go to New York, picnic in Central Park, stroll in Brooklyn, party in Williamsburg.

2. wear simple jumpers and read difficult books.

3. go to Paris and eat at Montmartre - in the cat restaurant.

4. Learn to play a few tunes on the uke.

5. Do great, surprising things, spread love, make myself breathless.

Film Review 2011, in 6 words

Black Swan: Alpha ballerina turns lesbian and psycho

Touching the Void: Rising from the Abyss when Abseiling

American Psycho: Why did I even watch this?

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I want to watch Sleep Furiously - I long for the countryside, in Wales and Ireland.

Nietzsche: A Letter to His Sister

'Is that more difficult than to strike new paths, fighting the habitual, experiencing the insecurity of independence and the frequent waverings of one's feelings and even one's conscience, proceeding often without any consolation, but ever with the eternal goal of the true, the beautiful, and the good? Is it decisive after all that we arrive at the view of God, world and reconciliation which makes us most comfortable? Rather, is not the result of his inquiries something wholly indifferent to the true inquirer? Do we after all seek rest, peace, and pleasure in our inquiries? No, only truth -- even if it be the most abhorrent and ugly.... Here the ways of man part: if you wish to strive for peace of soul and pleasure, then believe; if you wish to be a devotee of truth, then inquire.'

For the new year: Read lots, wear little.

Play me some

Debussy.

Rêverie

when i am swept away by a deluge of fear and uncertainty i close my eyes and find myself serene and submerged in your lucid dreams.

*Come in

After a rather large hiatus (?writer's block) I decide to come back to visit, to roam, to lurk around from time to time, as much as I can.

We shall see :)

orientation, followed by disorientation, now what?

*from Sebastiaan Bremer

When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things.

- 1 Corinthians 13:11

The conversation we had over tea left me thinking - mmm, I should start living the way I want life to be. Painting it with brilliant colours, with caring touches and smiles. Organising life into little manageable packets. Pondering over more important things in life. Reading those books that I always meant to read. Writing. Swimming in the glistening sea. Kissing certain silly thoughts goodbye. Seeing the world with new, bright wide eyes.

And that living in style does not involve obsession nor consumption, but exploration of the essence within; To cherish, embrace and nourish it with all you have - be at ease with who you are.

So, perhaps we will say au revoir for now, but I will be back somehow : )

With enlightenment and showers of blessing, see you on the flip side,

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