Kids Know

 

Etre et Avoir.

Education

 

Ruth Ewan, Moderately Wrathful. Part of Art Sheffield 2010; Life: A User’s Manual.

Du mußt dein Leben ändern

Rilke, tr. Stephen Mitchell.

(Not) my philosophy

Do not underestimate objects

What if we're lacking something?

Surviving Desire is an odd film. Lots of mannered acting; I was going to say it reminded me of Lynch + Kaurismäki, but having already made one witless comparison to the latter - NO!

My Endz

At 115 feet, Keppel's Column is the tallest of the Wentworth follies; it was originally planned to be even taller and capped with a statue of Admiral Keppel, but evidently the Marquis of Rockingham ran short of funds! It was designed by John Carr, who was also responsible for the Wentworth Woodhouse stables and the family's Irish house at Coollattin.

Admiral Keppel was a friend of the Marquis and a fellow Whig who was court-martialled following a naval defeat at the hands of the French in 1777. The Marquis had already planned to build a pillar to mark the southern boundary of his park, but following Keppel's acquittal he adapted the design and aimed to create a triumphal pillar by way of celebrating what he saw as a defeat for the government. Sadly the building as designed wasn't completed, which leaves us with an oddly proportioned tower which seems to bulge out slightly due to the entasis about three quarters of the way up (had it been completed to it's full height this architectural effect should have made it appear straight from a distance).

Remove Ya!

Inspired by BtI:

 

Capitalism demands the best of every man – his rationality – and rewards him accordingly. It leaves every man free to choose the work he likes, to specialize in it, to trade his product for the products of others, and to go as far on the road of achievement as his ability and ambition will carry him.

Hi Scores

For the last few months, I have, slightly embarrassingly, somehow become, well, addicted, to playing Snake (II), on my antiquated mobile phone.

I had hoped I could reach 3000 and then never play the bastard thing ever again, but tonight I have accepted defeat.



I got 2883.

Capitalism sure is sunny!

Two 3 hour long films that deal with two types of capitalistic society; Lindsay Anderson's O Lucky Man and Lars von Trier's Dogville.

Capitalism arose and took off its pajamas. Another day, another dollar. Each man is valued at what he will bring in the marketplace. Meaning has been drained from work and assigned instead to remuneration. Unemployment obliterates the world of the unemployed individual. Cultural underdevelopment of the worker, as a technique of domination, is found everywhere under late capitalism. Authentic self-domination by individuals is thwarted. The false consciousness created and catered to by mass culture perpetuates ignorance and powerlessness. Strands of raven hair floating on the surface of the Ganges…Why can't they clean up the Ganges? If the wealthy capitalists who operate the Ganges wig factories could be forced to install sieves, at the mouths of their plants… And now the sacred Ganges is choked with hair, and the river no longer knows where to put its flow, and the moonlight on the Ganges is swallowed by the hair, and the water darkens. By Vishnu! This is an intolerable situation! Shouldn't something be done about it?