Young pigeon in nest outside hospital window.
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Back in the hospital.
This diary is very sad, as we know the outcome. I wish we could have started years earlier, when he was still hale.
Instantaneously, Reconnaissance Reportage such as this can originate from anywhere in the space/time continuum and be transmitted directly to optic nerves.
Hypothetical: If everyone who reads this blog entry were to secretly draw a sketch of this scene, would there be any similarities when the curtains are raised?
Don’t worry, Stephen! George has still many years ahead of him, and in many ways they are his best years.
Yes. Only the tip of the Orwellian Chronological Iceberg has been revealed; he’s just getting warmed up.
Peering over Blair’s shoulder as he gathers raw material and hones his skills is a unique experience. I hear that soon he’ll be mixing in a potent form of mundane reality which will then become anthropomorphic metaphor.
No fun to be in the hospital, but how nice he has a nest outside his window!
The pigeon has a bird’s eye view of George.
I came across this quote from the english novelist & journalist Will Self, which in the context of GO’s nature diary seemed apposite:
“Orwell’s notable feat as a stylist, seems – to me – to be his ability to convince us that he is fearlessly rational and objective; and that, moreover, we are exactly the kind of fearlessly rational and objective readers who can fully appreciate it.”
To Zenomax:
“Orwell’s notable feat as a stylist, seems – to me – to be his ability to convince us that he is fearlessly rational and objective; and that, moreover, we are exactly the kind of fearlessly rational and objective readers who can fully appreciate it.”
Yes, I think there’s a lot of truth in that.
George Orwell is/was not fearlessly rational and objective and neither are/were his readers?
I am neither rational nor objective – and certainly not fearlessly so! – but I do think that Orwell manages to make me think I am, at least for a time. As for Orwell himself, I believe he came closer to being rational and objective than most of us. And of course he showed great intellectual and physical courage.
“This diary is very sad, as we know the outcome.”
Now, come come. If that were true, why, the film Titanic would therefore have been a miserable, un-entertaining experience!
Oh, I see what you mean.
@Daniel Earwicker:
Apart for unlucky girls, Titanic was a miserable, un-entertaining experience.
Ebola
In your opinion, what movie would be an entertaining experience?
John Carpenter’s The Thing.
BTW, 1939 saw the release of many truly great films.
Pour tous les fans d’Orwell, un rendez-vous à ne pas manquer, l’adaptation théâtrale du roman phare de ce visionnaire, « 1984 » Je suis allé la voir au théâtre de Ménilmontant en début d’année et ils ont été reconduit au mois de mai ! Je vous la conseille fortement, car l’ambiance du livre a bien été retranscrite dans la pièce, qui à réussi le pari du mélange théâtre/cinéma et l’atmosphère est oppressante, déshumanisé… Pour ceux qui n’ont pas lu le livre, cette pièce en est une belle approche !
I expect the “young pigeon” will have moved on by now!
In the long-lost sequel (of which only the audio is extant–the video is extinct), Pepé Le Pew often refers to the object of his pursuit as “mon petit pigeon.”
“Now, come come. If that were true, why, the film Titanic would therefore have been a miserable, un-entertaining experience!” Some say it was, not only miserable and unentertaning, but cheap as well, my friend. How can you mention the word Titanic in the same breath with . . . “Down and Out in London and Paris,” for example, or “Animal Farm”?
Correction: ” . . . . Paris and London.”
Correction: I misspoke: It’s ” . . . . Paris and London,” of course.
Yes.
I have seen the old B&W version, of course, but I have never seen the intergalactic blockbuster hit. Honest.
Blair Saw Through the Bling, Starring: The Flying Aspidistra.