tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post8538727989343088955..comments2024-03-22T21:02:55.051+13:00Comments on Bat, Bean, Beam: Slow TimeGiovanni Tisohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10618534731338616708noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-56304045718812737972011-02-25T18:02:30.192+13:002011-02-25T18:02:30.192+13:00@Dougal
Isn't it demanding to much, or being n...<b>@Dougal</b><br /><i>Isn't it demanding to much, or being not wholly honest, to contrast slowness with a reading of twiter feeds that starts with Everything? Don't users claim their own portion of space to hear from the kinds of people they want to hear from, and might not elsewhere? This may not be the main form of use but that's beside the point if it can be an ideal one, yes?</i>Giovanni Tisohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10618534731338616708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-84855622607288386442011-02-25T17:15:09.986+13:002011-02-25T17:15:09.986+13:00Thank you Peter. I neglected the thread for the la...Thank you Peter. I neglected the thread for the last couple of days for the obvious reasons, although I suppose they also have to do with how we perceive time – things get pushed not only into insignificance but also immemorability, and so as Russell Brown has written today in apt paraphrase ‘last week is another country’. <br /><br />(As I write - at 4.55 on Friday afternoon, Radio New Zealand Giovanni Tisohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10618534731338616708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-57554119929562499672011-02-24T14:35:34.485+13:002011-02-24T14:35:34.485+13:00John Cage's Organ²/ASLSP (As SLow aS Possible)...John Cage's Organ²/ASLSP (As SLow aS Possible) may be of interest here.<br />It's being performed (?) at Halberstadt, Germany. For the next 630 years or so. (http://www.john-cage.halberstadt.de/) <br />Slow listening ...<br /><br />Peter HoarAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-90719713279584132532011-02-22T10:33:54.865+13:002011-02-22T10:33:54.865+13:00@Studiolum: yes! But the 'expired' cottage...@Studiolum: yes! But the 'expired' cottage window also leaves a very interesting question unanswered: why did the slow glass farmer who already lives in the Scottish Highlands install a slow glass window - to look out on what landscape?<br /><br />(I'll have to answer the other comments later if I can - ironically enough, this is going too fast for the demands of my working day.)Giovanni Tisohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10618534731338616708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-89845211318054555602011-02-22T10:26:30.376+13:002011-02-22T10:26:30.376+13:00I love this story, and I have always considered it...I love this story, and I have always considered it as paradigmatic for the process of cognition (and of creation as well, as conceived by Rilke).<br /><br />As far as I see, Shaw also gives an answer on the question of what happens after those ten years when the glass begins to convey the ten years older pictures of the same outside world. Old times were happy times, with beloved people still Studiolumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06377777909296284368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-48307305255512193032011-02-22T10:22:50.828+13:002011-02-22T10:22:50.828+13:00I wouldn't want to disagree with any of this (...I wouldn't want to disagree with any of this (Benjamin's line about the revolution being the emergency break on the runaway train standing over it all), but a complicating observation, perhaps, to do with twitter and speed:<br /><br />Isn't it demanding to much, or being not wholly honest, to contrast slowness with a reading of twiter feeds that starts with Everything? Don't usersDougalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16935605945901196637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-74408232579661927402011-02-22T10:18:38.969+13:002011-02-22T10:18:38.969+13:00Cool idea. Any reason the glass would need to be p...Cool idea. Any reason the glass would need to be placed at an actual window?<br /><br />Interesting discipline you've placed on yourself with Twitter. Mine was self enforced - I simply could not think of a single thing I would want to say into the void in 140 characters. It was only recently that I realized so many people that I've had long discussions with are using it, that it's Ben Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08015337296196701141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-84528106797440714722011-02-22T10:00:05.907+13:002011-02-22T10:00:05.907+13:00Andrea: io in questo libro qui.Andrea: <a href="http://www.fantascienza.com/catalogo/Cov/03/03718.jpg" rel="nofollow">io in questo libro qui</a>.Giovanni Tisohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10618534731338616708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-18478812682689767602011-02-22T08:58:15.639+13:002011-02-22T08:58:15.639+13:00I find that the weekly rhythm of these posts is of...I find that the weekly rhythm of these posts is often too fast for me(honestly) . You say something, I chew it over, see if there's anything to digest, and it's Monday again. After that, comments are to you and the void. Which is perhaps why I should respond in blogkind.<br /><br />More response, some time in the indefinite future. For the moment: I very much enjoyed this post.George Dnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-52503471147432807722011-02-22T03:27:40.866+13:002011-02-22T03:27:40.866+13:00Your quoting Bob Shaw brings a smile to my face. I...Your quoting Bob Shaw brings a smile to my face. I read that in its Urania version.Andreanoreply@blogger.com