Beautiful autobiographical sketch by James Kelman. He writes to the point, chisels away words which are not necessary. What's left is the story itself, unadorned.
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/aug/05/james-kelman-my-writing-day
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I always like to listen when Stephen O'Malley speaks. Here he illuminates his composition "But remember what you have had".
Quite fascinating, really.
Stephen O'MALLEY_But remember what you have had_PRÉSENCES électronique 2023
https://youtu.be/Aioj8Om2cVU?si=G30yYLQON1beL3mV
"When something isn't really working, adding to it makes an even bigger mess. Instead, you have to see what you can take out to make things clearer, cleaner and more accessible."
Éliane Radigue
Éliane Radigue | Frédéric Blondy The Making of Occam XXV
"Es gibt Namen, die man an alle Galgen der Welt schlagen sollte."
Georg Christoph Lichtenberg, Schriften und Briefe I
“Scotland claims it’s a society that’s free from racism. [...] So how does a free society that’s free of racism produce the same kind of outcomes that a segregated, racist society produced in the United States?”
T.C. Curry
At a time when money has effectively replaced, Mamdani's win is a glimmer of hope.
"... mit dem Überlegenheitsgefühl des im Tageslicht der Vernunft sich rasierenden Menschen."
Th. Mann, Der Zauberberg, 3. Kapitel