Of Madeleines and Memory “What we feel is the only thing that exists for us, and we project it into the past, into the future, without letting ourselves be stopped by the fictitious barriers of death.” ― Marcel Proust, In Search of Lost Time [volumes 1 to 7] This is…

Two Dialectically Opposed Narratives Of England Hamlet: “Let us go in together, And still your fingers on your lips, I pray. The time is out of joint — O cursèd spite, That ever I was born to set it right! Nay, come, let’s go together.” — William Shakespeare, ‘Hamlet’ Well…

My Prompt Response This piece was inspired by a brilliant Prompt from Ravyne Hawke https://medium.com/promptly-written/prompt-yourself-thursdays-thoughts-1a6e5e03b6d0 If anyone should know what living is and what existence is then you really have to say that Oscar Wilde would have been one who you would have chosen to express all there is to…

Paradise Lost and Paradise Found “Into this wild Abyss/ The womb of Nature, and perhaps her grave — / Of neither sea, nor shore, nor air, nor fire,/ But all these in their pregnant causes mixed/ Confusedly, and which thus must ever fight,/ Unless the Almighty Maker them ordain/ His…

A PR campaign without precedence — Tomorrow on the 19th of September 2022, the dead Queen Elizabeth will finally be buried. Her coffin has been on display for a week and thousands have queued for up to 22 hours — in many cases — to nod their heads and pay their respects to a coffin. Cases…

An Epic Journey In A Single day “Every life is in many days, day after day. We walk through ourselves, meeting robbers, ghosts, giants, old men, young men, wives, widows, brothers-in-love, but always meeting ourselves.” ― James Joyce, ‘Ulysses’ Ulysses written by James Joyce was published on his 40th birthday…

Art and Nature Change. And the movement within change. This is Transition. From one stage to the next. From one place to the next. From one gender to the next. All are changed. Change and transition are necessary. They are the essence of life. More than a pattern repeating. The…

A 300-year-old Proclamation in England 2022 — So Charles III begins his reign with a huge issue to deal with. It began in his proclamation, “I, Charles III by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and of My other Realms and Territories King, Defender of the Faith, do faithfully…

An Unnecessary Evil. “Those who do not weep, do not see.” ― Victor Hugo, ‘Les Misérables’ For me, there are three great books. Or that might not be completely correct. The third choice I make is actually divided into six volumes. So it perhaps should more accurately be presented as…