On Thinking - David Foster Wallace (21 May 2005)

Twenty years after my own graduation, I have come gradually to understand that the liberal arts cliché about

"teaching you how to think"

is actually shorthand for a much deeper, more serious idea:

"learning how to think"

really means learning how to exercise some control over how and what you think.

It means being conscious and aware enough to choose what you pay attention to and to choose how you construct meaning from experience.

Because if you cannot exercise this kind of choice in adult life, you will be totally hosed.

David Foster Wallace (w) - Transcript - 2005 Kenyon College Commencement Address (21 May 2005)

Sculpture by the Sea - Bondi / Sydney - (18 Nov 2002)

Lac dets Coubous (2 of 2) - Water - Hautes-Pyrenees / France (Tue 22 Sep 2009)

Lac dets Coubous - Water - Hautes Pyrenees / France (Tue 22 Sep 2009 - *)
It was an amazing walk and day - some more photos here (will need to scroll down a little).

Lac dets Coubous (1 of 2) - Water - Hautes Pyrenees / France (Tue 22 Sep 2009)

Lac dets Coubous - Water - Hautes Pyrenees / France (Tue 22 Sep 2009 - *)

Cry, the clock said - Gary Numan - Farewell Concert - Wembley / London - Apr 1981 (youtube)

Cry, the clock said - Gary Numan - Farewell Concert - Wembley / London - Apr 1981 (youtube )
Following on from a couple of recent Gary Numan videos - just stumbled on this and enjoyed the video. The lighting makes it by emphasising the hands of the performer (Nash the Slash), who is playing what might be a violin or an electronic equivalent, while the face is left dimly lit so we can't really make it out - is the face masked or just badly disfigured (see here). A sad song about the end of a relationship, however the music I can't really describe as sad for some reason - at around the 2min 20sec mark, it appears to change to give some kind of a sense of awakening.

Cry, the clock said - Lyrics in Full

Why cry now
It's over
Feelings change

How are you
How am I
Cry, the clock said

[..]

Sign (2 of 2) - Jane St / Kensington / Sydney (Tue 12 Apr 2011)

Sign (2 of 2) - Jane St / Kensington / Sydney (Tue 12 Apr 2011)

Sign (1 of 2) - Jane St / Kensington (Tue 12 Apr 2011)

Sign (1 of 2) - Jane St / Kensington / Sydney (Tue 12 Apr 2011)

Cars [2] - Gary Numan live with NIN - O2 Arena / London - 15 Jul 2009 (youtube)

Cars - Gary Numan live with NIN - O2 Arena / London - Wed 15 Jul 2009 (youtube)
Another view of the performance. This time we can see the person shooting the on stage video using a Canon SLR Camera.