I mbun pinn
Bréan faoin bhfiacail
Creidim má tá rud ag dó na geirbe agat le seachtainí, nó míonna, is fiú é a scríobh síos, díreach ar mhaithe le faoiseamh, catairse, fiú. Chuige sin an píosa seo.
Less but not lesser.
Since January, I've given up more than I have taken on for the first time in my life.
My friends are accountants
'I have long since perfected the response to the commentary on how badly the language has been taught.'
Bean Faoi Bhláth
'Níl ann ach brón ar thaobh na mná a bhí naoi mbliana déag agus a ghlac sonc dá muinín.'
Léirmheas Scannáin: Nocturnal Animals
'Ní haon ionadh é ach b'fhiú é a rá go bhfuil na héadaí agus an smideadh ag cloí go mór le haeistéitic Ford féin, láidir agus cumhachtach.'
Minnie Rafferty: Fur Coats and Female Empowerment
'Subconsciously or not, when recently-stationed member of the British army would call in to purchase cigarettes, Minnie practiced power poses; both hands on the counter, flatly refusing their custom.'
Read, Listen, Look and Learn; glimpses of genius in a mad world.
I've been trying and mostly failing at avoiding the mindlessness of the internet. When I've succeeded, here's what I think is worth reading, listening to and thinking about.
Bac an Scríbhneora: Bagairtí An Spáis Bháin
“writing about a writer's block is better than not writing at all”― Charles Bukowski, The Last Night of the Earth Poems
Teacht na Banríona: Sinéad Ní Uallacháin agus As an Nua
'Áit éigin idir iarrachtaí amhráin a cheol agus rince
ar bhoird, cuireadh síol an chairdis. '
An Cholainn Chuí
Tá earnáil ar fiú na billiúin euro í ag impí orainn muid féin a luacháil ar ár gcoirp agus tacaíonn an tráchtaireacht leamh a dhéanann muid a gcuid aidhmeanna suaracha a bhaint amach.