I portray passing." That Montaigne line will stay with me. There's something freeing in it — the self not as a monument to defend, but as weather, as movement, as you say.
And the idea of a place as "a living arrangement for attention" — that's what draws me to certain places too. Not the postcard, but the texture, what happens between people when you stop passing through and start inhabiting. Your nightclub that should have been a jazz venue made me smile — we all buy the wrong production at least once. Looking forward to following these movements, Steve.
I portray passing." That Montaigne line will stay with me. There's something freeing in it — the self not as a monument to defend, but as weather, as movement, as you say.
And the idea of a place as "a living arrangement for attention" — that's what draws me to certain places too. Not the postcard, but the texture, what happens between people when you stop passing through and start inhabiting. Your nightclub that should have been a jazz venue made me smile — we all buy the wrong production at least once. Looking forward to following these movements, Steve.
The Nightclub ‘incident’ makes me smile too when I look back at it, but it was a Baptism by Fire at the time!
Montaigne’s essays are really quite something. For a man of the 1500’s he still has observations about the human condition that pass the test of time.
I’m glad you liked this piece and could take the time to read it. I appreciate your thoughts so much.