tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7459693255389523642.post7301977553857410879..comments2023-12-15T02:38:55.020+10:30Comments on Still Life With Cat: David EaglemanKerryn Goldsworthyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11270814460793882309noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7459693255389523642.post-16218360834002004512009-06-15T14:20:24.138+09:302009-06-15T14:20:24.138+09:30I saw the performance with Eno. There were twelve...I saw the performance with Eno. There were twelve stories, I think, each read by a different performer (one was read by two) with some background projections of faces morphing slowly into one another and Eno playing peaceful Eno-ish music in the background.<br /><br />It was a bit of a mixed bag but mostly, I think, very effective. The one that begins "there are three deaths" was one of the better ones.<br /><br />They also included the one about God understanding the complexities of life; which was well-read but I found the ending to be a bit glib.<br /><br />Other highlights were the afterlife where you live over all the moments of your life but this time sorted by category (so twenty years of sleep, seventeen weeks waiting for lights to change, etc) and the afterlife where you meet all the different versions of yourself, some of whom achieved more than you and others of which are failures, but all of whom were dealt the same genetic hand. That last one was read by twins, and was very good.Spikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09338281334073960139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7459693255389523642.post-34465196883537602922009-06-15T14:08:52.182+09:302009-06-15T14:08:52.182+09:30I have no memory of my great-grandmothers, pioneer...I have no memory of my great-grandmothers, pioneer women all. But I do think of them, write of them, even speak of them, quite often. Maybe it helps to be a Victorianist.<br />Here are their names: <br />Emma Melvina, Nancy Eliza, Jane, Mario.<br />They were all tough and resourceful. If my book on Victorian travel writing ever gets out, they will be further remembered. Lucy Sussex<br />(and the verification word is susnou)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7459693255389523642.post-78438854735436056142009-06-15T06:47:28.904+09:302009-06-15T06:47:28.904+09:30Sorry - that link was:
http://www.abc.net.au
/rn/...Sorry - that link was:<br /><br />http://www.abc.net.au<br />/rn/latenightlive/stories/2009/2588578.htmJames Bradleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08965751405838970825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7459693255389523642.post-72359782232375002342009-06-15T06:39:56.702+09:302009-06-15T06:39:56.702+09:30He was on Late Night Live a week or so ago - I onl...He was on Late Night Live a week or so ago - I only heard part of it, but he has a pretty dazzling cv (neurologist, research scientist, writer - it's really just too depressing to go on). The interview is at:<br /><br />http://www.abc.net.au/rn/latenightlive/stories/2009/2588578.htmJames Bradleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08965751405838970825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7459693255389523642.post-36738747572072018882009-06-15T01:40:18.275+09:302009-06-15T01:40:18.275+09:30This is beautiful ... and faintly creepy, because ...This is beautiful ... and faintly creepy, because I've been thinking about similar perplexities over at our place.skepticlawyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09282438188120264295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7459693255389523642.post-49930956419447658382009-06-14T20:02:12.913+09:302009-06-14T20:02:12.913+09:30I was reading about the stages after death just ye...I was reading about the stages after death just yesterday, and this made me smile.<br /><br /><i>People who have not believed in the world, in any life of the soul after the life of the body, are acutely embarrassed when they realise that they are alive.</i> <br /><br />From Chapter 46, # 442, <i>Man's Awakening from the Dead and Entrance into Eternal Life --Heaven and Hell--</i><br />Emmanuel Swedenborg<br /><br />He gives incredible detail. I've also heard it said that after ten years of being 'dead', people living in the spiritual world forget about their lives on earth. So I wouldn't feel too much remorse about remembering or not, the great, great rellies, as they have probably forgotten not only who they were, but about you too.Linkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12346948772651971988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7459693255389523642.post-65885753388223049032009-06-14T18:54:49.287+09:302009-06-14T18:54:49.287+09:30and it was my Grnadmother (sorry, missed the great...and it was my Grnadmother (sorry, missed the great)fifihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06946945635726214503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7459693255389523642.post-26832498783393466132009-06-14T18:54:06.996+09:302009-06-14T18:54:06.996+09:30oh,
what Deborah said, exactly.
Except the numb...oh,<br /><br />what Deborah said, exactly.<br /><br /><br />Except the number is 41.fifihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06946945635726214503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7459693255389523642.post-65359021839229108722009-06-14T18:13:23.075+09:302009-06-14T18:13:23.075+09:30The third is that moment, some time in the future,...<i>The third is that moment, some time in the future, when your name is spoken for the last time.</i><br /><br />OH. This brought tears to my eyes.<br /><br />Of those of us who have a visual memory of my great grandmother, the youngest is 42 (one of my younger brothers). She is nearly gone now. I haven't spoken her names for years and years.Deborahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14182573274494086468noreply@blogger.com