sid-and-doris-bonkers

[sid-and-doris-bonkers]

Artwork by @vancekovacs called “Death Rites”? This illustration was created for Sony Santa Monica Studios’s God of War - A Call From The Wilds.

* * * * *

“XI. MAKE YOUR CUTS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LIVING JOINTS OF THE FORM SAID SOCRATES TO PHAEDRUS WHEN THEY WERE DISSECTING A SPEECH ABOUT LOVE.

Why did nature give me to this creature-- don't call it my choice, I was ventured: by some pure gravity of existence itself, conspirancy of being! We were fifteen. It was Latin class, late spring, late afternoon, the passive periphrastic, for some reason I turned my seat and there he was. You know how they say a Zen butcher makes one correct cut and the whole ox falls apart like a puzzle. Yes a cliché.” ― Anne Carson, The Beauty of the Husband: A Fictional Essay in 29 Tangos

[sid-and-doris-bonkers]

[sid-and-doris-bonkers]

Happy Bday Meryl!

[sid-and-doris-bonkers]

😂

[sid-and-doris-bonkers]

Freeman Elliott - "I'll be a Hit" - June 1950 Artist's Sketch Pad Calendar Illustration - Brown & Bigelow Calendar Co. - The American Pin-up Calendar Collection

[sid-and-doris-bonkers]

[sid-and-doris-bonkers]

[sid-and-doris-bonkers]

[sid-and-doris-bonkers]

own reality

road trip

* * * * 

Everyone has their own reality in which, if one is not too cautious, timid, or frightened, one swims. This is the only reality there is. If you can get it down on paper, in words, notes, or color, so much the better. The great artists don’t even bother to put it down on paper: they live with it silently, they become it.

— Henry Miller, Stand Still Like The Hummingbird

[sid-and-doris-bonkers]

[sid-and-doris-bonkers]

[sid-and-doris-bonkers]

The good old days

I joined the legal profession in October 1996; I was the first person in my family to go to University and qualify as a solicitor.

cf. this to my three children: an architect; a barrister; and someone who works in the prison service who is about to start the second year of her degree in forensic psychology.

I think the big difference between my generation and now isn't just that there are more University places and greater opportunity, but unlike my parents, I knew that University gave my children the best opportunity in life; I'm not saying they had to go to University but it has certainly opened a few more doors to them than would otherwise have been the case.

In terms of the practice of law, it's very different now to when I first started. In short, things move at lightning pace and if you don't respond to emails within a nanosecond, it's likely that your client will complain or make your life very difficult. Speaking for myself, I miss the days of letters (i.e. the post) and the odd fax. I also miss the civility and camaraderie, which is now sorely lacking.

But most of all, I miss the joy of the job. It wasn't perfect but now feels like a slog, whereas back in the day, I had a real desire to do good and serve my clients to the best of my (human) ability.

When I eventually retire I don't think I'll look back with any fondness but more likely a sense of relief.

[sid-and-doris-bonkers]

1. Adventure, vol. 101, no. 2 (June 1939), with cover art by I. B. Hazelton (1870-1943).

2-4. Illustrations by George H. Wert (1888-1950) for Walt Coburn, “Town Tamer,” Adventure, vol. 101, no. 2 (June 1939).

[sid-and-doris-bonkers]