After two flights through two storms (as usual) I have made it to Barcelona, Spain! I need to take note that when I say upon arriving to the hostel, \u201cgive me a moment, I have no idea where I am,\u201d I should expect to be told, in all seriousness, exactly where I am. Apparently the joke does not go over well in other countries \u2013 as I do know where I am, it is simply that I am exhausted from the travel. I should plan to rephrase this for my next destination. In any case, I am here and getting settled, planning for a new week, in a brand new hostel, in a brand new city that I know nothing about. Here comes the fun part \u2013 the new discovery that immediately takes place.<\/p>\n
During the flight, as usual, I have finished a new book and have new quotes to contribute to the Table project. This book seems to be coming along rather well!<\/p>\n
\u201cBut isn\u2019t genius a kind of crime against the routine of the past that our time punishes more severely than crime itself, since scholars die in hospitals bleaker than any prison?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cBut one moment of hesitation, and you are dead.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHave confidence, fear nothing, you are still in the midst of life, in history.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are all rough drafts where the genius of one epoch is prelude to a masterpiece that it will probably never execute.\u201d<\/p>\n
– Marcel Proust, The Lemoine Affair<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" After two flights through two storms (as usual) I have made it to Barcelona, Spain! I need to take note that when I say upon arriving to the hostel, \u201cgive me a moment, I have no idea where I am,\u201d … Continue reading