“In ordinary perception, the senses send an overwhelming flood of information to the brain, which the brain then filters down to a trickle it can manage for the purpose of survival in a highly competitive world. Man has become so rational, so utilitarian, that the trickle becomes most pale and thin. It is efficient, for…
Category: travel
Leaving Ljubljana
“The city exists and it has a simple secret: it knows only departures, not returns.” Italo Calvino I don’t remember going to sleep. This is how I woke up. Shell – Are you awake. Grant – Not really. I guess so. Shell – Well, I’m not. So, go back to sleep. Grant – OK It’s…
Lazy Ljubljana
“The word miracle, as pronounced by Christian churches, gives a false impression; it is a monster. It is not one with the blowing clover and the falling rain.” Ralph Waldo Emerson I wake up to the sound of rain and go back to sleep. The sun is up when Shell decides it is time for…
Slovenia
“I was surprised, as always, by how easy the act of leaving was, and how good it felt. The world was suddenly rich with possibility.” Jack Kerouac You never sleep well with a bottle of wine and two pizzas in your gut gurgling away. Pizza is an ocean of salt, so you spend the night…
Feedback
“People ask you for criticism, but they only want praise.” William Somerset Maugham The response to the last post has been clear. A full 100% of readers were dissatisfied with the previous post. “Were you drunk when you wrote this?” “Do better.” “I give this 3/10.” The readership has spoken. I will do better. Sunday…
Istrian Coast
“I am longing to be with you, and by the sea, where we can talk together freely and build our castles in the air.” Bram Stoker Saturday We head to the coast for a drive. Maybe it is the vastness of Australia, here is Croatia there is a sense of closeness. You can be high…
Dr. Guilio Pastori – Ophthalmologist
“Though the doctors treated him, let his blood, and gave him medications to drink, he nevertheless recovered.” Leo Tolstoy Friday A trip to Trieste to find an opthalmologist. Croatia – Slovenia – Italy in the space of 30 minutes. It is easier to find an ophthalmologist in Trieste than it is to find a park….
Grožnjan – Croatia
“How I hate those who are dedicated to producing conformity.” William S. Burroughs Thursday My eye is still red, but now it is causing me pain. I get this bad headache behind and around my eye. It was so bad yesterday afternoon that I couldn’t read, and I went to bed at 6.00 pm. Shutting…
Want
“Perhaps when we find ourselves wanting everything, it is because we are dangerously close to wanting nothing.” Sylvia Plath Imagine a life where you live in a new country every few years. You travel to all ends of the world. This is me. Yet, every now and again, I find myself in a place living…