A sentence by David Lindsay

A couple of years ago, after stumbling upon Colin Wilson' s pronouncement that " Voyage to Arcturus is the greatest novel of the XX Century", I rushed to read David Lindsay's masterpiece, and other works of this neglected master. Lindsay was also a philosopher of sort, and some of his aphorisms are truly sparkling. Here is one, which I shall use in my own autobiography:

The conditions for extreme mental suffering are these; a strong will, a tender heart, and a clear intellect.

A strong will, a tender heart, and a clear intellect. Three pieces, with the middle one loose.
A sure recipe for pain..

Musical Rambling XI: Eivør Pálsdóttir 's vocal magic

After the mesmerizing photos of the brave Rebekka Guðleifsdóttir I feel like indulging a bit more in this country of sagas, this last speck of Dreamland, the far north....

And what could be better than the voice of Eivør Pálsdóttir? There was a time in which music was magic, conjuring the elementals, and the voice was the wand which commanded the unknown..

Rebekka Guðleifsdóttir's Fairish World

I have confessed that I believe in Fairies. As a matter of fact, I do believe in more: somewhere, perhaps next door, there is a different world, FairyLand, where fairies and other magical creatures live and prosper.

Once upon a time the boundaries between our world, The Gray World, and FairyLand were somewhat more porous.

Not anymore.

Yet, every now and then, some terse eyes can sometimes cross those boundaries and take a glimpse of that enchanted land.

Such are the eyes of Rebekka Guðleifsdóttir. I have nothing more to say, but this:

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