Archive for 2007/05


Fame: Now or Later?

Fame achieved after death has often/always been associated with a sort of divine genius. An artist/poet/writer recognised after death is one who was ahead of his/her time, who produced work of extreme and timeless importance, who could only be understood and appreciated by future, more enlightened generations.
But I always felt this a consolation prize. The […]

Wittgenstein’s silence

What we cannot speak about we must pass over in silence.
I would like to creep back into the blogosphere once again - after a five-month period of utter silence - and announce that my silence was philosophical. I would like to say that words, that language - well, my words, my language - could not show […]