Category Archives: Perception

Erotic Reconnections

Posted on June 30, 2014 by Francois Lachance

Sniff and Sip — Sip and Sniff Taste is made for pairings — grounds you even more in the now more than smell : it’s on the tip of your tongue Taste is a sense that loves to be paired … Continue reading →

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Three Badges for Basic Skills

Posted on June 24, 2014 by Francois Lachance

I have given away nearly all my badges. There are three that I kept for a special occasion. This is it. To my constant reader and my appreciative audience: Orientation: A set of signposts that represent our need to ask … Continue reading →

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Four Days of Meditating on Smells

Posted on June 21, 2014 by Francois Lachance

Sniff Test — scents — time machines travelling along memory; they rapidly situate you in a place; it’s about proximity Day one — woodsmoke Did you ever notice that in times of stress your sense of small [sic] grows more … Continue reading →

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Differently Abled Differently Challenged

Posted on June 15, 2014 by Francois Lachance

“Last Night I played a blank tape at full blast; the mime next door went nuts.” — George Carlin A joke that depends on a very time-situated cultural reference. And the dictionary supplies with the additional information that the tape … Continue reading →

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The Use of a Broken Arrow

Posted on June 7, 2014 by Francois Lachance

A broken arrow: look to the balance of the feathers not just the quality of the shaft or the piercing point. Although a broken arrow may not fly, it still may point the way. And so for day 2733 07.06.2014

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Assault on the Anecdote — Triumph of the micro-narrative

Posted on June 3, 2014 by Francois Lachance

Clark Blaise Time Lord: Sir Sanford Fleming and the Creation of Standard Time An observation on Impressionist painting turns to a remark on time and chance: The Impressionist revolution, we’ve been told, is all about light. Light means a self-lit … Continue reading →

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Group Experiences of Time: décalage et synchronisation

Posted on May 18, 2014 by Francois Lachance

Trying to keep in mind both calendar and time zones may be mind bending. As one commentator wrote at jill/txt in response to “patterns thankfully disrupted” dated Friday: March 12, 2004 and trying to explain his pluralization of “calendars”. Let … Continue reading →

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Pareidolia?

Posted on April 3, 2014 by Francois Lachance

Italo Calvino “Without Colours” The Complete Cosmicomics Translated by William Weaver: The Day returned, to paint the Earth with grey; and my gaze moved around and didn’t see her. I let out a mute cry: “Ayl! Why have you run … Continue reading →

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Listen Illusion

Posted on February 15, 2014 by Francois Lachance

Stephen Heath “Ambiviolences: Notes for reading Jocye” in Post-Structuralist Jocye: Essays from the French edited by Derek Attridge and Daniel Ferrer This ‘soundscript’ is not the reproduction of speech, but the ceaseless confrontation of writing and speech in which reference … Continue reading →

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Home Page — Paging Home

Posted on February 7, 2014 by Francois Lachance

The Internet Archive Wayback Machine offers glimpses into one’s past like this home page from 2001 What you may ask is a home page? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_page A personal home page historically has served as a means of self-portrayal, job-related presentation, and … Continue reading →

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