of the seven deadly sins, the eighth and worst by far is emotional blackmail ... the diligent practise of this subtle and ancient art creates a constantly evolving darwinistic moral vacuum in which the brightest new manipulative ideas and stratagems flourish ... and which only you, or i, can fill !
Sunday, July 16, 2006
pan di doge ... you wouldn't want to fall into the grand canal if you'd just eaten even one half
Appropos of your visit to Venice, rather than any one of your evocative photographs,have you read Donna Leon's detective stories all of which are set in Venice?
A Venice surrounded by a lagoon of Murano glass, suggests one of Italo Calvino's Invisible Cities.
oh dear, i haven't read italo calvino yet, or donna leon ... i've only read primo levi ... so where do i begin ?
i see the lagoon project as a visible wall, possibly quite ornate, and an opportunity to create a thirty mile circular strip of real estate where millionaires can moor their cruisers and the locals can set up some fish farms
Appropos of your visit to Venice, rather than any one of your evocative photographs,have you read Donna Leon's detective stories all of which are set in Venice?
ReplyDeleteA Venice surrounded by a lagoon of Murano glass, suggests one of Italo Calvino's Invisible Cities.
oh dear, i haven't read italo calvino yet, or donna leon ... i've only read primo levi ... so where do i begin ?
ReplyDeletei see the lagoon project as a visible wall, possibly quite ornate, and an opportunity to create a thirty mile circular strip of real estate where millionaires can moor their cruisers and the locals can set up some fish farms
doesn't anybody else see a sad/confused face?
ReplyDeletekeep taking the tablets, john !
ReplyDeleteand thanx for visiting !