Learning The Learnables

Herta Muller’s Noble Prize Speech

fredd — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 10:20:55 +0000

Nobel Lecture December 7, 2009 Every word knows something of a vicious circle DO YOU HAVE A HANDKERCHIEF was the question my mother asked me every morning, standing by the gate to our house, before I went out onto the street. I didn’t have a handkerchief. And because I didn’t, I would go back inside and get one. [...]

‘50 Must Read’ in 2010

fredd — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 09:36:14 +0000

The Lonely Polygamist by Brady Udall The Stars in the Bright Sky by Alan Warner Even the Dogs by Jon MacGregor The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ by Philip Pullman Naming the Bones by Louise Welsh Known to Evil by Walter Mosley Monster 1959 by David Maine Manhood for Amateurs by Michael Chabon It Feels So Good When I Stop by [...]

Stop all the Clocks

fredd — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 18:30:08 +0000

Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone ———————————- Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone,Prevent the dog from barking with a juicy bone,Silence the pianos and with muffled drumBring out the coffin, let the mourners come. Let aeroplanes circle moaning overheadScribbling on the sky the message He Is Dead,Put crepe bows round the white necks of [...]

The Solipsist

fredd — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 19:26:18 +0000

I should not have started my first post in 2010 with a title and content of this sort, for as the old superstitious saying says, I may continue doing what I did in the new year! Well, Solipsism and solipsistic realm of existence is something which long has consumed my time and my perception of existence [...]

Happy New Year

fredd — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 17:04:21 +0000

I would like to wish you all a Happy New Year. Wish you all the happiness, and success you deserve in the year to come.

Fight Aids, Not People With Aids!

fredd — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 18:16:11 +0000

Please be RED today! Raise the red flags, wear red scarf, red sunglasses, and even listen to Red instead of Pink! Respect the World AIDS Day in Whatever way, you may!

‘Le Point’ in Memory of Oscar Wilde

fredd — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 09:51:55 +0000

The French Le Point came up with a way out of a million to acknowledge the debt literature – in particular the English form of it!, owes to Oscar Wilde: to grace its cover page by a featured photo of Wilde taken by Napoleon Sarony.

Solipsism: the Art of Living through ‘Within’

fredd — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:26:52 +0000

A While ago I discussed the prime doctrines of Solipsism in which the solipsist’s self is considered to function as the sole, irrefutable center of conscious existence, namely, the existence that posits “I am my world,” and “The world is my world” (Wittgenstein 5.621, 5.63). In fact, what the Solipsist knows is the status of her/his [...]

Oscar Wilde’s Dying Words

fredd — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 08:30:32 +0000

Here is a quick route to Wilde’s last words – if you wonder what that might be. I received this via an admirably informative email from ‘Oscholarship: Oscar Wilde & the fin de siecle’ Group member John. Thank you for sharing with us, John. “ There were no ‘dying’ words of Oscar Wilde. Robert Ross who was present [...]

“There’s a Story for You”

fredd — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 05:39:17 +0000

The last post mostly included the priceless words of Samuel Beckett in the narrative of Molloy and Malone Dies; Yet, this one will divulge the labyrinthine nature of the narrative of The Unnamable. The Unnamable can be considered as the last efforts of a distressed, relentless voice perturbed by the blurred definition of ‘being.’ A voice [...]

There is “a Rabble in My Head…”

fredd — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 20:45:43 +0000

A while ago I promised to update my blog with words from The Great Samuel Beckett, form his trilogy of Molloy, Malone Dies, and of course, the Unnamable. Through my reading of the Trilogy, there were times when I thought, ‘hey, what exactly is going on? where is where, and who is what?’ who exactly should [...]

We, Humans!

fredd — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 04:21:17 +0000

Human beings are members of a whole, In creation of one essence and soul. If one member is afflicted with pain, Other members uneasy will remain. If you have no sympathy for human pain, The name of human you cannot retain. ~ Saadi ~ Saadi was a great Persian poet of medieval period in Persia. The above mentioned aphorism is the one [...]

Xenophobic violence in South Africa

fredd — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 10:39:53 +0000

“Xenophobic? no brother, you’re wrong! I am not afraid of foreigners, rather it is the inside violence I fear the most” said the boy, slowly popping his head out of a ragged sleeping-bag. (words by me!) —— The UN refugee agency on Friday released 2,000 tents to the South African government to provide shelter to thousands of people [...]

Timelapse galore: Canon EOS 5D MkII

fredd — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 10:43:01 +0000

This was quite a photographic (or photo-relevant!) week in my blog! away from philosophy, psychoanalysis and indeed Literature! The last two posts, and now this astoundingly eye-catching timelapse. I like the night-take with a clear sky and visible constellations at the center; who knows maybe aliens are making a timelapse of us as well, even at [...]

The Burning Wishes

fredd — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 10:29:06 +0000

Large size: http://bit.ly/mftvr

The Log!

fredd — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 19:48:33 +0000

Time, Memory and “The Piano”

fredd — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 16:16:10 +0000

Music: Yann Tiersen BSO Le fabuleux destin d’Amelie Poulain [2001] Comptine d’un autre été L’après midi. Animation: Aiden Gibbons, 2005. It’s been a while since my last post. I really don’t know why, but these days I feel a bit despondent. Moreover, the interminable hours I spend working on my thesis has literally metamorphosed into a chronic preoccupation of which there is [...]

Sunset Timelapse

fredd — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 11:23:45 +0000

Just experimenting – the video has two skyline shots, accelerated to 1400% each. I think I should have done it faster – the clouds were moving slowly today. In the second scene you can see a plane passing over downtown heading for Pearson in Toronto. “I like to take photos!” John Hanam puts as a concise [...]

Enemies of Reason: Dawkins Probes

fredd — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 15:00:35 +0000

Prof Richard Dawkins tackles the epidemic of irrational, superstitious thinking which is blotting the light of logic and evidence. After garnering tips on psychics’ entirely earthly trade secrets from the illusionist Derren Brown, Dawkins attends a seance and confronts the medium. Time and again, the interviewees appeal to personal revelation or second-hand anecdote to justify [...]

How Macworld Cover is Designed

fredd — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 23:42:16 +0000

This is the original cover of Macworld Magazine. Now you may wonder about its “how-to” thing! then watch the video: Source: macworld.com