Rezepte fürs Leben
"I was 16, I blinked and I was 73". Zadie Smith quoted this in a lovely interview on the youtube "Louisiana channel"; she was talking about the concept of time in her writing. Watch it - it's a joy. And, by the way, I know the Louisiana, I went there to see an installation of Olafur Eliasson on the spur of the moment. Doing something spontaneous like this is so fun and liberating - even though I ended up knocking myself out. Time is a bugger, it speeds up your life, creeps up on you with all the aches and pains, and "when did we start to groan getting out of the car, or an armchair?" I'm currently in physiotherapy because of a strained ligament that's been really hurting. My young rasta therapist" you are very bendy for your age!" Nice one, kid, I've been doing yoga since before you were born! And I do all the exercises, being very good, they are helping. But what really helped was the ten days in Portugal, in the pleasant he...