a dictionary of spectral curiosities
This post is, in a way, a continuation of this review I wrote some time ago about the social screensaver The Endless Forest and the art of purposeless gaming. I won't go into all the details of how the TALE of TALES project is all kinds of marvellous and then some, but I will go …
Continue reading "The Joy of Purposeless Gaming, or the Art of Doing Nothing"
Gothic Lolita. I've been chewing on this for a while, wondering if I should or shouldn't venture to write something about it. This usually happens when a certain topic is very dear to me, and I don't want to cause it any kind of injustice. But this time, in particular, I've had several serious doubts. …
When I was about 4 or 5 years of age, I stumbled upon a cassette tape in my dad's vast collection. I don't actually remember how it happened, or why it was that that particular cassette piqued my interest - after all, there was nothing especially attractive about it at first sight. Except, maybe, the …
Continue reading "Things that never quite grow old, or what I loved when I was only 4"
It doesn't often happen to me to feel the need to slice open my heart on a public surgery table, but since this little space is (arguably) as much of a private affair as it is an "all welcome" things, then I allow myself, every once in a while, to rant and rave. The issue …
Continue reading "The thing about not having a home (or having one too many)"
A place that I can seldom shake off my mind... A road that leads to nowhere... A moon that only shyly peeks out from the clouds... A place of farewells... And tonight's huge and very pagan moon... Another year has gone by. I salute you all.
You will, I hope, forgive me, as in spite of our being in the midst of Christmas celebration, I will entirely ignore Christmas in this my blog update. It's not that I dislike Christmas - much to the contrary, in fact - but I won't just blog about it because it's "the season". Instead, I'll …
Continue reading "Not Here, Not There, Not Anywhere: Liminal Spaces"
That's the thing with the winter holidays: I never seem to be in the mood for "merry-making" when Christmas is just around the corner. Of course, that's explainable, as I'm mostly up half the night every single night doing random stuff. Mostly, I'm supposed to be "working" (whatever that means), but what I end up …
Continue reading "Productive Insomnia Is the Best Way to Celebrate Christmas"
I would like to start by assuring anyone who cares enough about the topic at hand that the following - rather random - blog update doesn't count as procrastination, it counts as inspiration. In fact, has it never happened to any of you to become so obsessed with linger so much on one subject that …
Continue reading "Please Define “Procrastination” Before Pointing the Finger"
Against all odds, this turned out to be a curiously productive day. So I've decided (although, admittedly, a bit half-heartedly) to share my newest poem with the world. For what it's worth. And look, I've even added a (not very creative) photo-illustration of my own devising! Nothing by yours truly Behind a maze of smiles …
Okay, I'm afraid this is going to be one hell of a short update, in which I am going to vent my anger. First of all, I have been pretty "loyal" to LJ throughout my "online life". My first ever blog was on LJ and I've spent many a day browsing fascinating, useful and educative …
Encyclopaedia Vanitatum 