Let me tell you a little story

“Once upon a time there was a little boy who knew everything – many stories have little boys.

Even when he was in kindergarten he amazed all the people around him with his perception and fast growing knowledge (at that time what he didn’t really knew – he very skillfully invented).

When he was 9 he asked his mother to buy him “Einstein’s universe” by Nigel Colder. When he was 11 he started reading Spinoza. After many years he understood that he really didn’t understand all of that, but it all looked very exciting, and he loved the look of people when they saw a young kid reading all of this.

The world around seemed to be very clear. Of course, he continued to read books, but it

Rereading

I think it was Schopenhauer who stated that a scholarly person does not read: He rereads. Many people find it odd seeing me rereading a book. Usually I tell them that in my view a book that’s not worth a second reading isn’t worth a single reading.

Lately I revisited Pirsig’s “Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance“, for the fifth or sixth time – I’m not sure. I think it’s a good opportunity to examine the special relationship I have with a few books.

With the current rereading of “Zen and the Art”, it threatens the present champion, Calvino’s “Invisible Cities“, which I estimate has six or seven readings. Of course I do not include the record holders of my childhood

Why blog now?

So, the excuses are over, and it is time to start webloging.

Why I did not until now? Well, it wasn’t just the workload and the tests. There were some fundamental considerations at hand.

First, there was a rather silly one, when I think about it now. I was afraid to “waste” my ideas. Bad ideas and thoughts are not worth being on the log, and good ones, well…aren’t they better be used in some future book of mine?…

Silly, right? If people won’t read the log, then I can use them either way. If my blog will be obscure, no harm’s done, none shall see it anyway. But if many people will read my blog, then what’s the difference if I succeeded in obtaining readers through the