July 2010
13 posts
In the name of Eric, Michael, John, etc.
On a previous entry I wrote about “God. The Man Himself” referring to David Byrne. But mine isn’t a monotheistic or one-book-based religion at all, so a lot of other gods and scriptures have a place within it. Pictured above are other favourite divinities of mine, and down here I’d like to include some of the holy words uttered by them in order to worhip and honour their...
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I wish I had a river I could skate away on...
I wish I had a river I could skate away on I wish I had a river so long I would teach my feet to fly Oh I wish I had a river I could skate away on
Joni Mitchell “River”
When I was a kid I spent my life skating. And when I first heard this song by Joni Mitchell I thought it encapsulated very well the feeling of freedom you feel when you skate, it does feel like flying indeed and you...
“The heart might be a lonely hunter but the head is sometimes like a madwoman in...”
– Carson McCullers & Me
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The Man in Black vs. The Man in Balk
Who’s the man in Balk? What on Earth is Balk anyway? Where on Earth it is I can actually tell: Balk is a small town in Friesland, in the north of Holland. They speak their own language over there, called “Fries” (pronounced kind of like “freeze”, not like “fries” in French fries!). Fries is related to Old English, and comes from a different branch of German languages than Dutch. My opa Mous came...
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