Wednesday, October 17, 2012

Flights I didn't take to Europe

Melbourne to Tangier-Boukhalef in March from $940 Melbourne to Bastia in November from $938 Melbourne to Venezia in March from $918 Melbourne to Milan in January from $911 Melbourne to Lissabon in February from $926 Melbourne to Wien in February from $951 Melbourne to Porto in March from $922 Melbourne to Belfast in March from $927 Melbourne to Ajaccio in March from $933 Melbourne to Charles de Gaulle in March from $879 Melbourne to Liverpool in February from $927 Melbourne to Madrid in March from $925 Melbourne to Marrakech in March from $938 Melbourne to Munich in January from $798 Melbourne to Luton in March from $923 Melbourne to Nice in February from $929 Melbourne to Heathrow in October from $723 Melbourne to Krakow in March from $925 Melbourne to Casablanca in February from $938 Melbourne to Biarritz in March from $928

Sunday, October 7, 2012

Two Silences

In the introduction to the first volume of his Complete Plays, Pinter wrote, "There are two silences. One when no word is spoken. The other when perhaps a torrent of language is being employed. This speech is speaking of a language locked beneath it. That is its continual reference. The speech we hear is an indication of that which we don't hear. It is a necessary avoidance, a violent, sly, anguished or mocking smoke screen which keeps the other in its place. When true silence falls we are still left with echo but are nearer nakedness. One way of looking at speech is to say that it is a constant stratagem to cover nakedness." Harold Pinter