I just want to read and be left alone.

Found a recording of Rachmaninoff playing Concerto 3 this morning and it is the only acceptable version to listen to from now on.

The "read the same books again and again" people have always been the worst. Life is too short for such things.

I don’t really care about Lindsey Graham’s proclivities, but those prostitutes should have had higher standards

Bought two books on Diego Velazquez's Las Meninas because I am intrigued by the notion of some painters revisiting the same place/subject again and again (Picasso did 58 "reinterpretations" of the painting). I see it as a predecessor to Cezanne's hills and Monet's garden

My favorite part about the 100 year old city archive footage is when ugly browns seethe about it

Just like Rembrandt is the Shakespeare of artists. These three accomplished and contributed more than countless millions to civilization

Solaris was a strange but overall magnificent book. I discovered 3/4 through that the Cox/Kilmartin translation was one Lem personally loathed, I'll have to read the estate's preferred translation (Johnston) eventually

Rachmaninoff Concerto 3 is a flawless, magical piece of music, I can't stop playing it.

Instagram is a porn site. I log in for five seconds and the algorithm sends me to a "Catholic" account's reel that just happens to emphasize the pseudo straight guys dumptruck ass

Retreating further into my alternate personalities and leaning in to my inner German autism

Ten pages of Swafford on Mahler was far superior to an entire book by Lebrecht on the subject

Watched Andrei Rublev today. Definitely worth the 3 hours. Looking forward to Solaris next, but I want to read the book first. I really like Tarkovsky’s fondness for white birch trees, and of using the same actors in many of his films.

Stealing this idea, if Houllebecq hasn't already

My number one

Not really impressed with Gardiner’s writings on Bach, perhaps Schweitzer or Wolff’s accounts will be more my speed

Going to watch Death in Venice (1971) for the Mahler and for a glimpse at my future

Watching Tar again because Cate Blanchett is that freaking good in it

Mahler and Dostoevsky were a great way to start the day

Wanting to lean back into my faith but finding myself unworthy, which is exactly why I should lean back into my faith. Being truly repentant is an evergreen issue, however.