Hello readers.
The other day, when I looked out the window, it looked like a dead skunk in the middle of the street. Overcoming curiosity and investigating, the “skunk” was found to be a pair of black striped black sweatpants, reduced to two dimensions under a passing vehicle. It was a stormy day, so the pants must have been blown down the street from the clothesline on the roof. The only other explanation-a partial striptease in the middle of a city road-was not impossible, but seemed unlikely.
If you can’t guess from the title of this newsletter, wind is a topic of lasting personal interest. Like many intriguing forces in life (love, hate, etc.), it is obvious but invisible. Visual artists tend to express the influence of the wind — Ocean, French flag, Man’s formidable beard — Probably for this reason, rather than winding itself.
My favorite source of information is Windy.com, This describes the phenomenon as follows — how to put this? — A flock of sperm. Presentations are intuitive and well-performed. On its website, you can check the weather forecasts for your neighborhood and explore notorious windy locations such as Antarctica and Wichita. At the time of writing this article, Wichita is enjoying a southerly wind of 6-14 mph and a gust of 20 mph.
The first book below is a treasure trove of wind explanations and natural metaphors.Great for fellow curious people..
— —Molly
I first read “Elective Affinities” when I was in college, and it was on the syllabus of a class I dropped immediately. The teacher pronounced “Goethe” with enthusiastic violence and made a sound like someone would ring when using the toilet. I read books in my time and did open pit mining to gain insights into marriage, fashion and virtues. (“Human reveals their character most clearly by what they think is ridiculous.”)
It wasn’t until I revisited the book five years later that I saw what I had missed. On the contrary, I probably missed much of what I first understood. The novel is about Charlotte and Eduard, a noble couple who fall in love with other people. They overcome their rifts by exchanging rigid philosophical dialogues about fate, homeliness, nature, freedom and violations — all the fun things you know. Maxim everywhere.
American scholars say that Alberto Manguel does not simply narrate Goethe, but always injects theories into his prose, which permeate each section “like the smell of fried onions.” There is a work that explains. It’s the only novel I’ve read, and it feels like the work of a scientist (author) who guides an experimental rat (character) through a maze (plot). It was published in 1809 by a wide range of disturbers.
Please read if you like: Wittgenstein’s notebook, movie “My supper with Andre“Jay Appleton’s”Landscape experience“
Available from: Oxford University Press
“Changed state” Anita Brookner
Fiction, 1996
Alain is an obedient lawyer who neglects his marriage vows after marrying a lovely woman and has disastrous consequences. Alain’s unlicensed object of desire is Sarah: a wasteful, distracting, “passively demonic” woman. Bruckner’s secret is to make Sarah unattractive to the reader, but compelling and attractive to Alain. As he begins to get hooked on the “barbaric smell” of her hair, we know it’s all over for this poor man.
What initially looked like a classic adultery plot turns into a quieter story about humiliation and self-punishment. It’s one of the great books about shame.
Bruckner published her first novel at the age of 53 and was asked why she urged her to do so. Paris Review Interviewer: “I was wondering how it was done. The only way to find it seemed to be to try it.” Obviously she decrypted the code. This was her 16th novel.
