Comments on: In Praise of Speed http://www.kathrynkoromilas.com/in-praise-of-speed.html A writer neither here nor there Tue, 07 Oct 2008 07:07:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: Giles Brennand http://www.kathrynkoromilas.com/in-praise-of-speed.html#comment-74334 Sun, 22 Jun 2008 16:54:14 +0000 http://www.kathrynkoromilas.com/in-praise-of-speed.html#comment-74334 Kathryn Nice essay on speed. I cannot agree that either slow speed or fast speed is superior. We all need a mix of both in our lives. Desiderata are to know when which is appropriate, to have the reactions and dare-devilry for fast speed and to have the confidence, farsightedness and patience for slow speed. Only that way can you achieve a harmonious balance. But then you know me well enough to expect me to be contentious! Best regards Giles Kathryn

Nice essay on speed.

I cannot agree that either slow speed or fast speed is superior. We all need a mix of both in our lives. Desiderata are to know when which is appropriate, to have the reactions and dare-devilry for fast speed and to have the confidence, farsightedness and patience for slow speed. Only that way can you achieve a harmonious balance.

But then you know me well enough to expect me to be contentious!

Best regards

Giles

]]> by: Ramesh Avadhani http://www.kathrynkoromilas.com/in-praise-of-speed.html#comment-70871 Mon, 12 May 2008 14:01:19 +0000 http://www.kathrynkoromilas.com/in-praise-of-speed.html#comment-70871 Good arguments, Kathryn, for and against. I'll take a few days to decide, what gear I should shift to. Good arguments, Kathryn, for and against. I’ll take a few days to decide, what gear I should shift to.

]]> by: Stephen Pain http://www.kathrynkoromilas.com/in-praise-of-speed.html#comment-66571 Thu, 13 Mar 2008 09:24:38 +0000 http://www.kathrynkoromilas.com/in-praise-of-speed.html#comment-66571 It would have to be cheap - as the danger of getting the sauce all over it - so something second hand - here there is nothing better than Ernst Steinmann's "Botticelli" (1913) picked up for 5 DK kr. One can then look at the self-portrait of Sandro in the frontispiece and wonder whether that is the same face you see in his San Sebastian and for the want of models - how many times did he use his own mug?? Of course you have plenty of time to study these as you chomp through your politically incorrect full English breakfast. Reading Paul V. He is much better in his Art and Fear. London: Continuum, 2003. when he goes all catholic like Terry Eagleton. :-) It would have to be cheap - as the danger of getting the sauce all over it - so something second hand - here there is nothing better than Ernst Steinmann’s “Botticelli” (1913) picked up for 5 DK kr. One can then look at the self-portrait of Sandro in the frontispiece and wonder whether that is the same face you see in his San Sebastian and for the want of models - how many times did he use his own mug?? Of course you have plenty of time to study these as you chomp through your politically incorrect full English breakfast. Reading Paul V. He is much better in his Art and Fear. London: Continuum, 2003. when he goes all catholic like Terry Eagleton. :-)

]]> by: Stephen Pain http://www.kathrynkoromilas.com/in-praise-of-speed.html#comment-66501 Wed, 12 Mar 2008 08:46:25 +0000 http://www.kathrynkoromilas.com/in-praise-of-speed.html#comment-66501 Ah the reference to Hegel - it is not so much to do with some fancy postmodern reading of his works, it is just there are some books that one picks up - one can put down immediately - and that book haunts me, I always meant to read it because it seemed to be monumentally difficult - indeed Wittgenstein is so much easier in comparison - and if one can be as bold to use a food analogy, well Ludwig W is like pop corn, and Hegel is like a Victorian suet pudding, I mean his prose and ideas! I think that waking up in the morning after a few beers and an odd whisky - if one is of that persuasion - and then facing either a full English breakfast or Hegel at the breakfast table, well I'd rather have my black pudding, bacon, eggs, fried tomatoes, mushrooms, fried bread, sausages, orange marmalade, earl grey tea, cornflakes, grapefruit...than face Die Wissenschaft der Logik! I do think however that Albert Camus's Le Mythe de Sisyphe goes quite nicely with a Continental Breakfast - with the full English breakfast, perhaps one would have room for an art book - making sure there is no heavy duty spillage of course, no Worcestershire sauce on the paintings. Now what art book would I have in mind - ah that needs thinking about Ah the reference to Hegel - it is not so much to do with some fancy postmodern reading of his works, it is just there are some books that one picks up - one can put down immediately - and that book haunts me, I always meant to read it because it seemed to be monumentally difficult - indeed Wittgenstein is so much easier in comparison - and if one can be as bold to use a food analogy, well Ludwig W is like pop corn, and Hegel is like a Victorian suet pudding, I mean his prose and ideas! I think that waking up in the morning after a few beers and an odd whisky - if one is of that persuasion - and then facing either a full English breakfast or Hegel at the breakfast table, well I’d rather have my black pudding, bacon, eggs, fried tomatoes, mushrooms, fried bread, sausages, orange marmalade, earl grey tea, cornflakes, grapefruit…than face Die Wissenschaft der Logik! I do think however that Albert Camus’s Le Mythe de Sisyphe goes quite nicely with a Continental Breakfast - with the full English breakfast, perhaps one would have room for an art book - making sure there is no heavy duty spillage of course, no Worcestershire sauce on the paintings. Now what art book would I have in mind - ah that needs thinking about

]]> by: kathryn http://www.kathrynkoromilas.com/in-praise-of-speed.html#comment-66369 Mon, 10 Mar 2008 10:40:34 +0000 http://www.kathrynkoromilas.com/in-praise-of-speed.html#comment-66369 Stephen, yes, I guess the speedhumps are inevitable. Could you elaborate on the Hegel connection? Stephen, yes, I guess the speedhumps are inevitable. Could you elaborate on the Hegel connection?

]]> by: kathryn http://www.kathrynkoromilas.com/in-praise-of-speed.html#comment-66368 Mon, 10 Mar 2008 10:39:04 +0000 http://www.kathrynkoromilas.com/in-praise-of-speed.html#comment-66368 Hi Nick, thanks for much for reading and commenting. Nice to see you again. :) Hi Nick, thanks for much for reading and commenting. Nice to see you again. :)

]]> by: Stephen Pain http://www.kathrynkoromilas.com/in-praise-of-speed.html#comment-66363 Mon, 10 Mar 2008 08:20:55 +0000 http://www.kathrynkoromilas.com/in-praise-of-speed.html#comment-66363 I think life once in a while is in need of some speedbumps - or sleeping policemen. I suggest reading Hegel's work on logic. I think life once in a while is in need of some speedbumps - or sleeping policemen. I suggest reading Hegel’s work on logic.

]]> by: Nick Luft http://www.kathrynkoromilas.com/in-praise-of-speed.html#comment-66064 Thu, 06 Mar 2008 15:41:17 +0000 http://www.kathrynkoromilas.com/in-praise-of-speed.html#comment-66064 Hi, I was making some tea, in between multitasking at my desk, and I browsed the newspaper as the tea mashed. I saw your name and recognised it. So I photocopied the article and went upstairs to read it. Forgetting my tea. I have just read the article and it definitely gels with me. I spend too much of my time trying to remember which task I was doing. The classic problem for computer multi-taskers is often manifest when they flick between open apps (Ctrl / Alt) in an attempt to remember what they were last working on. Now I make myself concentrate on one task at a time. I even close apps down, including e-mail. It is not slow living; rather concentrated and focused working. I have some sympathy though, with living live slowly in the domestic setting. An ex-girlfriend of mine was from South America, and she and her family were shocked by my nervous behaviour - cleaning too quickly and superficially, jumping up to pick up a fallen napkin during a meal and generally making them nervous. Nice article. Made me think. Hi,

I was making some tea, in between multitasking at my desk, and I browsed the newspaper as the tea mashed. I saw your name and recognised it. So I photocopied the article and went upstairs to read it. Forgetting my tea.

I have just read the article and it definitely gels with me. I spend too much of my time trying to remember which task I was doing. The classic problem for computer multi-taskers is often manifest when they flick between open apps (Ctrl / Alt) in an attempt to remember what they were last working on.

Now I make myself concentrate on one task at a time. I even close apps down, including e-mail. It is not slow living; rather concentrated and focused working.

I have some sympathy though, with living live slowly in the domestic setting. An ex-girlfriend of mine was from South America, and she and her family were shocked by my nervous behaviour - cleaning too quickly and superficially, jumping up to pick up a fallen napkin during a meal and generally making them nervous.

Nice article. Made me think.

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