Category: writing
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I learned the language of angels in a religious experience on Bourbon Street during Mardi Gras 1987. One night I had decided to walk among the heathen so that my… more ›
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Asleep, I recited or imagined myself reciting lines (to be exact: though I was saying nothing, I was nonetheless in the same emotional state as someone reciting his lines);… more ›
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I stopped writing. I stopped posting things on my lovely blog. But now I’ve decided to get back at it. To this end, I’ll be posting a mix of various… more ›
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Apparently there are writer-translators who either write or translate at one time. I don’t have much of a problem finding a balance between the two. Although I do find my… more ›
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You don’t know any language well enough, not even your own. You hate reading. You like food, basic shelter, security, and you regularly waste your money on such extravagances. Get… more ›
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According to the myth of the origin of written language as told by Socrates in the Phaedrus, Theuth declares that written language, the materiality of the word, will make the Egyptians… more ›
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I have to say that I really like using Scrivener for translation! I’ve been using this app for almost two years now, but only for writing, drafting work, both nonfiction… more ›
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Resistances: The Problem of Fascism Walter Benjamin on fascism George Bataille on fascism Emmanuel Lévinas on fascism Jan Patočka on resistance Hannah Arendt on totalitarianism Michel Foucault on resistance Slavoj… more ›
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WritingThe irony is that in the year that I’ve written the most, I’ve blogged the least. You would think that writing is writing, and that one kind of writing would… more ›
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It seems that I’ve gotten several new visitors to this blog from the TOL article on Prague’s late communist public art. Here are two more works that I spent a… more ›