Then It Happened Again. Again-again-again... I Don't Know How This Will Make My Writing Better. Wrong:
Then it happened again. Again-again-again... I don't know how this will make my writing better. Wrong: It does, I just don't know how or why. (Laurie and me and the book we read, and the writer of that book, are becoming more and more clear. Fiction or not.) Anyway, it happened: At this place, I had a dinner that couldn't make it past 100 DKK / 12 €... Including main course of beef (a lot!!) with salad and 'batatas fritas', bread, half bottle of vinho tinto, desert, coffee, and an (old!) brandy that for sure wasn't small... And the couple that has the place, were simply nice. And yes, I know those unbeliable prices partly are a result of the 'crisis'. BUT! It IS also a cultural thing: Here in Portugal you live your life so much more on café's and restaurants. It's as simple as that. You don't stay in your home; you get OUT! The streets are part of your home. And, besides a lot of other stuff, it makes people less isolated. More a part of the local community. And that can only be a good thing! Period! (Why I put this on Instagram, I don't know. The picture isn't even anything special. So...) #cheapdinner #lisbon #minhaanita #calcadadaestrela #culture #livinglife #communityfirst #portuguese #portugueseculture #society #azulejos #wayoflife #restaurante #anotherlife #lifestyle #dinner #abetterway #whyorhowthishasanythingtodowithmewritingthatnovelireallydontknowijustknowthattheportuguesewayoflifeisaninspiration (Usual one-off hashtag... Oh; btw going to Castelo de Vide; somehow where the story of 'Laurie' began...) #udenfilter #mantelmomento #danielmantel (her: Restaurante Minha Anita)
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Stop apologizing. You don’t have to say sorry for how you laugh, how you dress, how you make your hair, how you speak. You don’t have to be sorry for being yourself. Do it fearlessly. It’s time to accept this is you, and you gotta spend the rest of your life with you. So start loving your sarcasm, your awkwardness, your weirdness, your unique sense of humor, your everything. It will make your life so much easier to simply be yourself.
(via purplebuddhaquotes)
More wise words...
https://www.instagram.com/p/BimRnyIDS75/
So very true...
Som var ord... (Uddrag:) Hov, undskyld. Der var lige et slip, et sug i maven, en bid afstand, en mundfuld tomhed. Et rum imellem eller et hul i rummet. Som en gammel radios vaklen mellem to stationer. Den svage knitren eller susen eller hvem der hørte det hvordan, var lyden af en hurtig men holdbar sammensvejsning. Eller en zappen fra en stor finger, sådan stikkende ned fra en sky på en skyfri himmel, det må man gerne tro. Det vigtigste: At få lappet hullet, lagt den smalle kløft hen under en bro, få vognen spændt for hesten, slutningen trukket hen over begyndelsen, hvordan det end dækkes til med klumper af ord: Det blev gjort så skånsomt at det næsten ikke blev gjort. Men det blev det! Et stearinlys der netop er pustet ud, har et kort øjeblik en lille glød på vægen. Dét hastigt svindende lyspunkt sender en tynd stribe op, et signal. Der siger at lyset er slukket. Men også at det kan tændes igen, uden at være gået HELT ud. Altså at samme flamme kan genskabes, hvis man er hurtig. Jaja, man kan altid tænde lyset igen, men så er det anden flamme. En ny og anderledes, ikke den der var. Uanset hvor meget den anstrenger sig for at ligne, og mange lader sig narre. Er man kvik, kan samme flamme gentændes, og måske var det hvad der skete. Eller noget andet, som den guddommelige pegefinger, eller hvad man vælger at se. Eller-eller, det betyder mindre hvordan: Det er nu igen muligt at huske i alle retninger. Uden at gå lige ind i en endevæg eller skvatte over en startlinje. (Forts på): https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=3714839511886745&id=100000821994936 ELLER https://wp.me/p419Yf-ub #mantelmomento #danielmantel #prosa #fiktion #dansk #athuske #RIP #hukommelse #erindringer #slutninger #begyndelser #atfåhevettidligerehusketmedsomhvaddervilblivehusketogsåpåtværsaflivogdød (Usual one-off hashtag...) (her: Between Dimensions) https://www.instagram.com/p/CL2A_BahmoJ/?igshid=jxjhuh66l2s7
GENSTART, forsigtigt, tøvende, usikkert...
GENSTART, forsigtigt, tøvende, usikkert…
Det er heldigt. At kun jeg læser dette. Heldigt, fordi der mangler indlæg fra februar til nu, maj. Kun jeg lægger mærke til at kæden er brudt… Og som jeg da ellers har prøvet ihærdigt, siden 2013! At lægge noget op, bare NOGET! Men at gøre det HVER eneste måned; mindst én eller anden slags tekst, uanset hvor dårlig, om så blot… Noget. Litterær inflation. Kvantitet / kvalitet. Men PRINCIPPET! At…
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This one is without the little usual more or less stupid small / short story. It is just another sunset in Castelo de Vide. Words seems not necessary. (And be warned: next I'll post a short video with... Sheep!) #castelodevide #justanothersunset #sunrays #altoalentejo #life #beingalive #feelingalive #coreofliving #being #somewhereelse #laurieandthestoryof (Is somewhere in that sunset...) #living #grateful #andwhateverhashtagiuseitwillnotcoverthefeelingofbeingalivethatigetwheniexperiencesunsetslikethisdayafterdayandevenmorebeautifuldaysandnightsforwhichicantthankthistownanditspeopleenough (Usual one-off hashtag...) #udenfilter #mantelmomento #danielmantel #primeiroproximopasso (Even he is also present...) (her: Castelo de Vide)
We're quite a lot... 😉
Indescribable
As a writer, in every story I write I feel like I’m leaving out something really, really important, but I can never figure out what it is.
And I don’t suppose I’ll ever be satisfied with anything I write until I can get that indescribable thing onto my paper.
And I know I’m not the only writer who thinks this way.
Afladninger Vol 2; Udstilling & Performance.
Afladninger Vol 2; Udstilling & Performance.
ÅBNINGSPERFORMANCE FREDAG D.9/2 KL.15 ÅBY BIBLIOTEK
ORD & AGEREN: MAX MADSEN & DANIEL MANTEL
LYD & MUSIK: POUL JUHL & THØGER JOHANSEN
brovtende brændende flammende bølger
hvirvler vakkelvorne vanvidsvestpå
hvinende hylende vind
trækker horisonten maske over ansigtet
som urværk trækkes op
små skrøbelige tror sig særlige
sorteres og sies fra i takt
tik tak takt og tiders vand skylle drypper op…
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Ok, ok, ok... Denmark CAN be quite beautiful in june... When you ask the clouds and the sun to pull themselves together and cooperate. Then they just might bother to make a schetchy sky that's worth taking a glance at. But I really had to negotiate, being the go-between and middleman, to make clouds, sun, and suburban horizon to at least give it a try... AND a moment after that effort, the elements ofcouse hurried back to its seperate safety, leaving the sky all empty if not plain dull... (An hour later rain btw took over.) But what can you expect? This is Denmark. Where the weather changes like roll of dices... Am I being way too negative? Maybe... That will have to be my problem then. Which I suppose it is. I'm really having problems adjusting to this climate. But, as said / written: My problem. This moment though WAS nice! Trying hard to be positive... 😊 #denmark #summer #clouds #sun #åbyhøj #cloudscape #mindscape #remembering #wishing #somewhereelse #longing #likeaspoiledbraticomebacktodanishsummerandthenwishineverhadleftanothersummersomewhereinsouthofeuropenowthatisreallybeingaspoiledbratandnotgratefulatall (Usual one-off hashtag) #udenfilter #mantelmomento #danielmantel #laurieandthestoryof (Not here, except luckily still in my head...) #primeiroproximopasso (Also very far away; guess I'll have to go back and pick up his trail!) (her: Åbyhøj, Arhus, Denmark)
The big task is to make them live peaceful side by side, working together...
“The two most powerful warriors are patience and time.”
— Leo Tolstoy
