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March Movies

March 30, 2021 by Simon Robinson Leave a Comment

March has been a month of many memorable things including three movies. You may dismiss the idea that an octopus could be dreaming of electric sheep but you shouldn’t ignore these three utterly different expositions of the cinematographic arts.

Horses with wings might fly me back to Paris one day soon.
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Filed Under: Fake Memoir Tagged With: animation, cannes film festival, jérémy clapin, little moon animation, movies, netflix, peter debruge

Careless Ruthlessness

November 26, 2020 by Simon Robinson Leave a Comment

I’m not that familiar with Christof Nieman’s work but I occasionally use his website to educate myself. I first saw his work in ‘Abstract’ on Netflix illustrator’s back in 2017 (I date my notes) and I’ve stumbled over his name intermittently ever since.

Grey Squirrel
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Filed Under: Fake Memoir Tagged With: christof nieman, fabhappy, netflix, photography, simonscarves, uxbridge

Five Senses

November 1, 2020 by Simon Robinson Leave a Comment

The Chef’s Table might appear to be an unusual source of spiritual inspiration. Or so you might think if you’ve not heard of the Buddhist nun Jeong Kwan. I probably won’t ever go to Korea which is a shame because places are what make my memories. I know this because I’ve travelled extensively. I also know that while the destinations are wonderful, it’s the people that add the vitality. I guess she adds more vitality than most.

I’d like to recommend this Netflix program to you because I think it’s about meditation. I think we may be able to achieve serenity from total immersion in the kitchen. Did you ever think that cooking can do that for us? Watch and see if you might agree. It’s a good program so you’ve nothing to loose.

Five Senses in a maple leaf by our entrance.
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Filed Under: Fake Memoir Tagged With: chef's table, eric ripert, jeff gordinier, jeong kwan, jonathan thompson, le bernadin, netflix, photo

AVE Acronym

July 12, 2020 by Simon Robinson Leave a Comment

Caveat emptor: the things that flow through my consciousness are not always pleasant, complete let alone right.

Ave!

Psychopathy and sociopathy seem to feature large in everything this week. Failures in duties of care dominate the news.

I needed an acronym to make it easier to write about. I’ve chosen AVE as my acronym for Abuser, Victim and Exploitation. AVE as a shout of farewell. AVE as greeting. Two meanings. Going and coming. Double standards. Mental reservations. Ave Maria. The Hail to Mary who despite never having had sex, fell pregnant. It’s long been considered quite an honour to bear a son for a god. Her consent isn’t recorded. This scepticism is no more blasphemy than faith is scientific. Should we not continually question moralities and ethics from our evolving viewpoints? Shouldn’t we ask whether something said or done ever occurred.

L-R: Johnny Joyce, descendant of the family involved. President of the High Court, Mr Justice Peter Kelly. Professor Margaret Kelleher, author of The Maamtrasna Murders. Dr Niamh Howlin, who provided an expert report on the Maamtrasna case, leading to the pardon of Myles Joyce.
© Simon Robinson 2018
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Filed Under: Anchoritism, Fake Memoir Tagged With: abuse, adrian horton, ahmet altan, bbc, blasphemy, brian greene, colum mccann, exploitation, irish times, james patterson, john connolly, julie k brown, margaret kelleher, martina devlin, michael reiter, netflix, podcasts, tim malloy

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