notes on 20240412

Each of us has a window, that is ourselves. If we sample fast enough according to Nyquist-Shannon’s sampling theorem, we may reconstruct the world viewed through this window. Most of time, our views are just partial and approximate. It’s not so even because we are not fast enough and long enough. It's in vain to recall the past, unless it works some influence upon the present. -- Charles Dickens. David Copperfield There is nothing in the world so irresistibly contagious as laughter and good humor....

April 12, 2024 · 2 min · un01s

night vision and the illusion of love

a song, night vision, by Suzanne Vega When the darkness takes you With her hand across your face Don't give in too quickly Find the thing she's erased a poem, a sunday drive, by Margaret Atwood Burial by fire is the last mercy: decay is reserved for the living. The desire to be loved is the last illusion: Give it up and you will be free.

May 26, 2023 · 1 min · un01s