The Doors Of Perception

‘Bonjour Seb.’
‘Bonjour Seb.’
‘Ça va?’
‘Ça va. Plume de ma tante.’
‘How’s life is Paris?’
‘Well, I’ve been thinking…’
‘Oh, sacre bleu, do you never stop?’
‘… that if the actions, values and attitudes I consider normal in England are different in France then what makes them normal?’
‘Quoi?’
‘Who determines the way of life that is considered normal? I mean, why do a majority adopt certain attitudes and habits especially when many of these are absurd?’
‘The attitudes and habits are from the culture…’
‘Are they? Why do something simply because someone else is doing it? That sounds abnormal to me…’
‘Have you been up the Eiffel Tower yet?’

Je Ne Sais Quoi

'Why do you speak French?' she asked.
'Why?'
'What’s the point? It’s not a useful language.'
We were in France. She was French. We were talking in French.
I didn't know what to answer in any language.

Farewell Leicester Square

Johnson said, 'When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life.'
I said, 'I'm just tired of life in London.'
And as Balzac's Rastignac said, 'A nous deux, maintenant!'

Harsh But Fair

'Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.'

- Einstein

Illusion Of Reality

‘You look fucking intelligent.’
‘I’m sorry?’
‘You do.’
‘Well, I’m not.’
‘Hm.’
‘It’s just the glasses.’
‘Right.’
It’s strange that I should feel the need to defend myself. Actually, I don’t mind giving the illusion of intelligence. But, more importantly, I want to give the illusion that I don’t care that I give the illusion of intelligence.

Pointless Chatter

I don’t have anything to say.
And I think it’s best when one doesn’t have anything to say that one doesn’t say anything.
There’s enough pointless chatter as it is.
Unfortunately, I’ve just said that I don’t have anything to say.
I’ve just made pointless chatter.
Damn.
It’s hard to make a silent point when no one is listening.

Criticism Of Critical Critique

I can’t sleep.
Just as well as I’m not in bed yet but, meanwhile, I’ve been thinking that if critical thinking is the 'thinking about thinking' then what about the criticism of critical thinking? Would that be the thinking about the thinking about thinking? And if I’m thinking about it, does it then mean that I’m thinking about the thinking about the thinking about thinking?
I mean, critical thinking is all well and good but one should be free to criticise it. In fact, I would argue that one must criticise critical thinking otherwise it isn’t critical thinking. But, thinking about it, if without criticism it then becomes simply thinking and I’m thinking about it then I’m back to thinking about thinking which is critical thinking…
The more I think about it, the more I think critical thinking is a bad thing, which is a good thing to come out of my critical thinking.
I’m going to bed.