— if you get to it, it would be interesting to read your impression.

for a silly small island person, it was a great reveal about some foreign cultures. at the time, one I lived in, and another I loved to live in.

conversations that require explanations from first principles are exhausting.

— ah! the time I could remember 3 digits, because there was nothing else fed into my mind… like 317 passwords, people’s names, etc.

(just started using bookmarks because of a rather small museum gift shop with 3€ admission fee.)

— maybe cookies contamination, then there could be something beyond coincidence. (I corral all Meta properties, though I have not visited FB+Instagram in years.)

the plan is good though. I would love a room for storing media+books, and another for listening/watching/reading/writing. no balcony.

— from a book called "From Paris to the Moon" by Adam Gopnik, I got to do contrast/compare Americans and French. (spoiler, there are no winners, but it is great fun!)

anyway, the facts vs. philosophy default thinking tends to explain a lot, and how to prepare for conversations.

— the pushback I would get while in the USA when stating such a notion was... a bit shocking. (and yes, most of my friends are liberal, and they would be the ones with this reaction... hence the shock.)

— zen? more at sen(ile).

I think if experiencing both stages, they bring about a joie de vivre, just that the awareness and priorities vary between the two.

(friends in the USA would view it rather pessimistically, but I grew tired of explaining.

— OMG!1!! what a horrible, and impersonal, room. sadly, familiar to me.

I have a media and books problem, and it overtakes the living room, and I rather have a room with personality with some current samples about.

a home is nice when it strives have a representative personality.

— for the consume once, or even as an educational purpose, this could be interesting!

on repeated viewings this would be the treat. I like Christopher Doyle's (overly simplistic) aphorism of Western vs. Eastern cinematic approach (queued up to the quote)… and the change mentioned goes against this.

— I agree with this.

even the ghastly colourisation of B&W films was trying something new. this is the New Coke… or worse... or a different comparison.

— I am all fifty shades of emotionally touched.

and yes, it can be what I leave behind with every move, as I will get a brand new crisp set.

btw, how many volumes of this can be written? maybe I should not know. for my health and well-being sake.

— I seldom ascribe genius to anyone, but I am not going to do that for him either. he has an effect, and affects me, but that is not genius... just something to very much seek and appreciate.

and the craftsman, as in your quotes, is what I can relate because I photograph (albeit gone for a bit).

— I guess the lucky ones are of a certain generation, or intensive usage, that now have got accustomed to this aspect ratio.

I tolerate the vertical in 6x4 when it is Leiter, as he made it his language… but this 9x16 is all kinds of compositional wrong, and more so a transformation.

— don't click "accept" on the T&S's because we need people who will live this long to be rebels for another century... until tech learns their lesson.

not sure everyone experiences such, but there is an age that one realises: I now live to die, rather than living to live. I found it liberating.

— it may be that loads of money can do a rebuild of some parts, but we mostly see the outside rebuilds that are gaudy (as the super rich tend to be in their tastes).

T&C are the bane of my existence. at this point I shall continue to not read and just click accept.

— from the clubbing days in the 80s/90s, this is one of the few songs I still like to hear.

never got into the group, but a nice USA promo was available.

— love this album to bits.

as (an opening act) The National declared that they were the best band in the world (circa 2007 or so), it may have been true at the time.

silly me, I only started photographing gigs after this one, I think, as the alternative is worst about my judgment.