There are many programs for writing and editing texts and most are good for anybody and anything. Because basically they all do one thing – [...]
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Some people argue that there are too many easy distractions in our time. That we are seduced by an bombardment of entertainment on television, the [...]
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Thomas Nydahl quotes regularly on his blog Occident from Fernando Pessoa’s The Book of Disquiet. Three days ago the quote was about monotony, stating that [...]
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After reading a post by Merlin Mann on the process of starting a project (and to keep going) and after listening to Elizabeth Gilbert in [...]
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The article “Litterære manifester for et nyt årti” in the Danish newspaper Informationen gives 9 manifestos of contemporary Danish writers containing their thoughts about literature in the new decennia that we just entered. As always the thoughts are personal and thereby very different from each other. Some don’t believe in manifestos while others write a [...]
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This thought was somewhere in between my notes. It is from not too long ago, but I actually can’t remember where I got the inspiration from. It must have been a blogpost somewhere. Life has to be a selvfølge (something obvious, literally: following its self), one does things because one has to. Because it is [...]
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This post from 43folders.com contains a video with another interesting line of thoughts by Merlin Mann, who thinks about productivity, creativity and the caveats surrounding them. Merlin presents his ideas in a popular way, fast and often funny, but he is serious and dedicated in trying to find out the truth about his subjects. It [...]
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Hope Gate, Québec ca. 1871, by Louis-Prudent Vallée There are many languages, many words. All spoken languages are prefect because they have been used for centuries. But sometimes there is a word in a language that seems to be unknown in other languages. I looked up the word prudent, as I didn’t know exactly how [...]
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Imagine a man or a woman who owns the best and most modern television money can buy. A fancy wide screen with surround system sounds.. whatever… Now think that this person watches only one channel, say the first channel that appeared when the television was turned on the first time. A life long, one channel…. [...]
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Lærer Urup (1906) Jakob Knudsen Edition: Gyldendal 1949 Language: Danish Picture: Rødding: mindetavle for Jakob Knudsen – by Hubertus45 via Wikipedia. The stone on the picture can be found on the grounds of Rødding Højskole. It bears a text referring to Jakob Knudsen as his father was a teacher on this school and Jakob therefore [...]
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As you can see from this screenshot from today’s notes I have trouble on concentrating me on one language. When I read Dutch I spontaneously write in Dutch, and the same goes for English and Danish. I don’t really know what to do with this right now, it is not always practical but it happens. [...]
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“Enlightenment is man’s leaving his self-caused immaturity. Immaturity is the incapacity to use one’s intelligence without the guidance of another. Such immaturity is self-caused if it is not caused by lack of intelligence, but by lack of determination and courage to use one’s intelligence without being guided by another. Sapere Aude! [Dare to know!] Have [...]
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About A blog on writing, writing tools and living prudent by a middle aged dutchman in Denmark.
