Friday, September 17, 2004

noise

this is my background noise, no need to share it but it won't hurt anyone. There may be politics, there will be music. I will be involved in meme transmission.

I came here while idling looking for web weirdness to while the time away. Not working late, but having to be in work late.

Had to interrupt there, my girlfriend rang to say we now have curtains. She asked me what was new and I told her I started a blog. She asked why? Who would be interested in my life. Fair point. It's not really about that. It's about unlocking your own voice. Making a space in the day (ideally I want to do it before starting work) in which non-directed communication can be attempted. Sort of like a flaneur. In the 19th Century it was noted that people's lives were regulated by the factory timetable and attempts were made to break the tyrrany of production. Obviously humour was used, walking a tortoise and following its lead through an arcade in Paris. In the impressionist paintings of the time a dandy wanderer was often painted. This idea was taken up by the situationists in the sixties, people whose ideas have influenced me since my teens.