Welcome to my life in Casares
September 8, 2009
Fifteen kilometres from the Costa del Sol, stands a rock – shaped like half of a Christmas pudding from which somebody has, bit-by-bit, pinched morsels from the middle. From one side it appears rounded and whole; from the other, hollow and rather unlikely. Protruding from the rounded side are mismatched white boxes. Inside of the boxes are dark brown people.
Forestlife
July 1, 2009
Inside Out
May 12, 2009
Human Retronym
February 18, 2009
Oxford English Dictionary definition of a retronym:
“A neologism created for an existing object or concept because the exact meaning of the original term used for it has become ambiguous (usually as a result of a new development, technological advance, etc.).”
Varanasi
November 28, 2008
बनारस
November 28, 2008
As the Mother Ganga sprawls
pyres burn without death’s usual cry
Ashes reign, and embers glow
mirrored in pearlescent hardened eyes
Lies, Statistics and The Damned
October 4, 2008
I’m not usually one to write politically, yet I have been thinking about two sets of figures I have been made aware of, which although are not directly related, still seem to create a disparity in my mind. In an attempt to avoid being shrugged off with sentiments similar to Disraeli’s quote about “three kinds of lies” I shall simply offer the two figures:
Idiot
September 9, 2008
The reasoning behind this post is really only me marvelling at Dostoevsky.
Sevilla
August 8, 2008
Possibly Duende
August 7, 2008
The weekend previous I was privy to a Flamenco show in Sevilla. I have been told since about the concept of Duende, a somewhat undefined term which broadly translates as the soul of the performance. I also heard about the book titled Duende: A journey in search of Flamenco, by the author Jason Webster, which I intend to read.