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THE MODERNIST 55 arrives to improve my day.
Comments closed‘For this issue, I chose ORDINARY as the theme and picked writers, poets, photographers and illustrators I’d like to be stuck in a (paternoster) lift with.
In a world where AI is blurring boundaries between genuine pizzazz and code-generateddigital sparkle, ordinary is nourishing. It’s cheese on toast. A three-pin plug. Great social housing. A shelf. Only an idiot mistakes the ordinary for average. Behind every slice of excellent ordinaryness is a brainiac on a mission. There’s nowhere to hide shit workmanship in something simple, something ordinary.
Overlooked, plain and occasionally boring, I want you to pause and examine that wooden clothes peg. Study a milk bottle. Think again about pebbledash. Cast aside the jazzy stuff for a minute and put the ordinary on a pedestal. As Ferris Bueller once said, “Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.”
I have bought myself blue jeans for the first time in thirty years. I have already had my mid-life crisis so I presume this is encroaching dementia.
TODAY:
- Bloomberg Daybreak: Europe Edition (China-UK Hacking Exposed, Reeves Needs £50 Billion, Griffin: AI Lacks Edge)
- Politico London: “You’re in spy territory now.”
- Donald Trump said he authorised a covert Central Intelligence Agency operation in Venezuela.
OPERATIONS: Moving on to new things today and pretending I don’t have two unfinished scripts on deck. And figuring out Adobe Sign again.
STATUS: 8hrs 31m sleep, and it’s time to admit to myself that I have no scripting energy left. Inbox 87. Just had to ask the Echo what day it is.
READING: THE BLAZING WORLD: A NEW HISTORY OF REVOLUTIONARY ENGLAND, Jonathan Healey (UK) (US+)
LISTENING: Too Tired to Say Anything (Went Ways)
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I’m late to this post today, because I’m late to everything today.
STATUS: 8hrs sleep, my get up and go has got up and gone
READING: THE BLAZING WORLD: A NEW HISTORY OF REVOLUTIONARY ENGLAND, Jonathan Healey (UK) (US+) – it is very good
LISTENING:
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So, this is an interesting thing. NORD Fragrances offer solid scents and container casess for them, which all come packaged in recyclable card. You buy the scents as a little balm-like puck, smear a bit off on your finger, wait for it to warm a little, and then apply. I’m using the Marine Mist right now, as it pairs well with my usual beard oil, and I have a Bonfire to try later on. The case is metal – you just swap out the little pucks. From the Netherlands. Clever idea.
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Todd Blackwood was kind enough to send me his NOSFERATU graphic novel and accompanying works. These were a Kickstarter project and I’m not sure if any more copies are available, but maybe ask him? It’s my hope that a comics publisher picks this up for a mass-market edition one day soon. Gorgeous books.
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OPERATIONS: Across two scripts, need to process a contract and a moodboard
STATUS: 8hrs 15m sleep, inbox 70 – lots of receipts, dispatch notes and to-dos in there. Very slow moving today.
READING: THE BLAZING WORLD: A NEW HISTORY OF REVOLUTIONARY ENGLAND, Jonathan Healey (UK) (US+)
LISTENING: The Sleeping Forecast
LAST WATCHED: Peston. Nice to see him get thoroughly exasperated with someone.
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Europe’s Oldest Blue Pigment Discovered in Germany
morning computer: some useful things first thing in the day.
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I get this imported from the States, and it’s my favourite beard oil. Sunstone is very marine and makes me think of walking on the shore in winter. I love it.
But! This time they sent a very large sampler of a beard oil called Jol, and, I have to tell you, it’s amazing. It’s a seasonal oil for Yule – smells floral in the bottle but as soon as you massage it into the beard, it’s wood, smoke and Christmas spices. I was absolutely shocked at how it transformed. If you’re in the market for such things, Fires Of Freyja is the place to go.
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Necessary things.
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