Yesterday afternoon we'd been invited to a celebration of the life of Son-in-law's younger brother. It was being held in St Elli's on the sea front on the outskirts of Llanelli. It was wild and windy when we got there but the restaurant was beautiful. And the food delicious.
His mum did a wonderful tribute to him; I don't know how she managed. And it was a fitting farewell.
Each guest received a beautiful little bag of mementoes.
The sky outside looked very dramatic, rather like a fierce cat I think.
The force sometimes known as the Grey Man says, "Imagination is the worst evil of all. It is the ability to think about others, to put yourselves in their shoes. It is a terrifying force that can only destroy your true potential."
And, "I've seen how empathy and compassion render people helpless. Look at the successful people in the world. Not one of them has even a scrap of imagination. The thing they have in common is that they are determined to mow down other people without mercy."
At one point the Grey Man invents a machine that produces neo-books, books that are easily understandable and repetitive, and "most readers will be hooked."
Art copying life or vice versa as we find bookshops full of celebrity authors and big names, and, especially in the run-up to Christmas those gimmicky books (yes, I've fallen for them too).
Books as dangerous weapons that need censoring have featured before in 1984 and Fahrenheit 451, neither of which I have read. I shall order 1984 now.
4 comments:
Animal Farm, too . . .
That YA novel sounds terrific! Apparengly it's a sequel to "The Cat Who Saved Books." I've put both on my "to read" list -- thanks!
I haven’t read them either.
My condolences to your son in law and his family. His brother must have been young. I hope his mother can continue to cope. It's a profound loss
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