Loved the Virginia Woolf piece on words. Her actual voice in the YouTube link was glorious to immerse in to. She does this efficient elevation of the paradoxical nature of words as living AND historical entities, resisting utilitarian applications and pushing for the freedom to form unexpected connections across time and social constraints. Not easy arguments to converge in 10 min! Also loved her insistence that writers provide words the mental space and unconscious wandering they require to form "swift marriages" that produce enduring beauty, rather than pinning them to single meanings that cause them to "fold their wings and die." Thank you for sharing. Despite being her big fan, I hadn’t read this before.
(I also enjoyed reading about the “real” and “made up” Chinese traditions you linked to. I’ve got a few of these with my Romanian family).
Loved the Virginia Woolf piece on words. Her actual voice in the YouTube link was glorious to immerse in to. She does this efficient elevation of the paradoxical nature of words as living AND historical entities, resisting utilitarian applications and pushing for the freedom to form unexpected connections across time and social constraints. Not easy arguments to converge in 10 min! Also loved her insistence that writers provide words the mental space and unconscious wandering they require to form "swift marriages" that produce enduring beauty, rather than pinning them to single meanings that cause them to "fold their wings and die." Thank you for sharing. Despite being her big fan, I hadn’t read this before.
(I also enjoyed reading about the “real” and “made up” Chinese traditions you linked to. I’ve got a few of these with my Romanian family).
Glad you enjoyed it. What Romanian traditions (old or new?) do you have ?
Fascinating to consider the impact of photography on wedding dress choice. Thank you Ben and Chat GPT!
GPT always seems to have something I didn't consider!