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"Cavalier des touches": Comment je suis en train d'écrire un de mes romans, par Martin Winckler - 11e épisode : Avant l'envoi à l'imprimerie

> L'écriture et l'édition ont beaucoup changé depuis Proust. Pour avoir produit une oeuvre aussi importante que La Recherche, il a fallu qu'il écrive vraiment tout le temps... Et il n'a jamais complètement terminé son travail ! Qui sait ce qu'il aurait été capable d'accomplir s'il avait eu un ordinateur...

Je me suis souvent posé la question.
Proust est né un siècle trop tôt.
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"Cavalier des touches": Comment je suis en train d'écrire un de mes romans, par Martin Winckler - 11e épisode : Avant l'envoi à l'imprimerie

> L'écriture et l'édition ont beaucoup changé depuis Proust. Pour avoir produit une oeuvre aussi importante que La Recherche, il a fallu qu'il écrive vraiment tout le temps... Et il n'a jamais complètement terminé son travail ! Qui sait ce qu'il aurait été capable d'accomplir s'il avait eu un ordinateur...

Je me suis souvent posé la question.
Proust est né un siècle trop tôt.
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Peterbos, mon île isolée - Bienvenue sur le site de la Ligue des droits humains

Je m’appelle Fatiha, je suis maman solo d’une fille de quatorze ans et j’habite au Peterbos depuis un peu plus de deux ans. Aujourd’hui, je vous fais découvrir mon quartier, mon Peterbos. On a de la chance parce qu’on a du beau temps. Bien sûr, c’est une promenade fictive, puisque dans la vraie vie, vous n’avez pas le droit de venir. Depuis que Peterbos a été rebaptisé en hotspot, nous, les 5000 habitants de ce quartier, nous sommes isolés. Comme dans une zone sous contrôle militaire, ici s’appliquent isolement et couvre-feu. Coupables d’être victimes du trafic de drogue. C’est dommage car les gens qui viennent ici repartent avec une image autre que celle qu’ils avaient en arrivant. Ce qu’on dit de nous à la télé n’a rien à voir avec qui on est. Ce sont deux histoires vraiment différentes. Merci de prendre le temps d’arpenter la mienne.

(...) nous sommes sur une île, complètement isolés. C’est vrai que j’avais remarqué que Peterbos était très vide ces derniers mois, mais je n’étais pas au courant de ce qui se jouait dans notre dos. J’ai découvert après un an et neuf mois qu’une ordonnance interdit Peterbos aux gens qui n’y habitent pas.1 Peterbos n’est plus un endroit public. Seuls ceux qui y vivent peuvent y circuler, à quelques exceptions près. Comprenez-moi bien : ce n’est pas un couvre-feu, ça s’applique tout le temps, à n’importe quelle heure du matin, du soir ou de la nuit. Et tous les trois mois, le conseil communal revote pour prolonger l’ordonnance de trois mois encore.

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Je n’ai pas peur des dealers. J’ai un peu peur des fusillades, oui. Mais j’ai surtout peur de la police et de la commune. J’ai peur de ces fantômes qui hantent Peterbos.

Communiquer avec nous, ça permettrait de participer, de voir ensemble si ça a servi à quelque chose. Regarder un an et neuf mois en arrière et peut-être se dire que ce n’était pas une bonne idée. Parce que le résultat, c’est que ce quartier est vide, il est mort.

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C’est marrant parce que nos solutions sont tout le contraire de ce qu’ils proposent. Ils nous isolent et moi je propose de s’approprier, de vivre dans ces espaces.

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Je vois un lien entre tout ce qui se passe. Le vivre ensemble, plus d’égalité, avancer vers un mieux, tout est en train de disparaître et d’être remplacé par son contraire : faire plus de différences entre les gens. 90 % des gens qui vivent ici sont des gens de couleur. Comment ne pas penser à de la ségrégation ? Tout ce qui est mis en place ici va dans cette même direction


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Le budget militaire fait la guerre à nos acquis sociaux - Ligue des droits humains (BE)

Ludo De Brabander est une figure bien connue du mouvement pacifiste belge. Ce néerlandophone, porte-parole de Vrede (Paix en français) a le tutoiement facile et switche sans souci en français pour faire cette interview. Derrière cette aisance, se cache une réelle expertise de l’OTAN, connaissance qu’il utilise pour débunker les idées reçues et recadrer vers ce qui lui paraît essentiel : le budget militaire est surtout en guerre contre nos acquis sociaux.


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Principles for life | Dries Buytaert

• Exercise your brain continuously: keep it busy. Play chess or other strategy games. Write a journal. Keep your brain buzzing.
   • Travel as much as you can. My first trip to India blew my mind and changed me forever. Let's go anywhere together, especially if it gives us an opportunity to learn something new.
   • Food: Learn, experiment, try out, taste all different types of foods. I find it to be one of the greatest things in life.
   • Get exercise to be part of your weekly routine. I'm still not great at this myself, but I've seen the benefit. Being busy is a poor excuse.
   • Put good things between you and the earth: a quality bed, reliable shoes, a comfortable chair.
   • Learn about money early. Live below your means, save six months of expenses, then invest the rest. Passive income and financial independence gives you choices.
   • Embrace your emotions. Laugh when you can and allow yourself to cry when you have to. Sing out loud. Dance in the kitchen while doing the dishes. Laugh at stupid jokes until your stomach hurts. Cry. Crying doesn't mean that you are weak. Since birth, it has always been a sign that you are alive.
   • Music heals in ways nothing else can. When words fail, when logic breaks down, when you're lost or celebrating, music meets you where you are. Find the songs that speak to your soul and let them carry you through. If you're curious, here is a list with some of my favorite music. Most of these songs helped me in life.
   • Read as much as you can. I love reading biographies, business books and academic articles. More things will make sense to you when you read often.
   • Love the outdoors. The more you are out and away from your desk, the greater the chance of enjoying life. Get a good hammock or a camper van. One big enough for more than one person.
   • Don't take things personally. The hurtful things people say nearly always have far more to do with their own unhappiness than anything else. I've been dealing with criticism for many years; it gets easier over time, but can still hurt.
   • Seek to understand. Don't make assumptions. Don't assume you know what someone is thinking or why they're acting like they are. Ask and you'll nearly always find out that your assumption was wrong.
   • Work hard with purpose, but never hide in your work. When you're unhappy or stuck, working more won't fix the real problem. I've made this mistake many times. Direct your effort toward what matters, not just toward staying busy.
   • Go on holiday with your friends. You'll remember these holidays forever. I still remember every holiday with friends.
   • Take your time. You'll face many decisions and opportunities in life. When a decision is irreversible, give yourself time and space to think it through. When a decision is easily reversible, don't overthink it. If you feel pressure to act quickly, remember that urgency makes you easier to manipulate. Slow down, especially when the stakes are high.
   • Spend at least one year living in a foreign country. It will change the way you look at things and make you better at everything else you'll do in life.
   • Embrace what makes you different. The world doesn't need another copy of someone else. Every breakthrough, every innovation, every positive change came from someone who thought differently. Your unique perspective isn't a burden to hide; it's a gift the world needs.
   • Make your actions speak so loudly that people cannot hear what you are saying.
   • Deliver on your word. Your reputation is the only thing that will follow you throughout your entire life.
   • Be ambitious but realistic. Keep away from those that try to belittle your ambitions. Small people will do that. The really great people will make you believe that you too can become great.
   • Success doesn't come overnight. We tend to greatly overestimate what we can achieve in the next 10 months and greatly underestimate what we can achieve in the next 10 years.
   • Accept that life will hurt sometimes, and do what scares you anyway. Hard moments don't last forever, but they're where you grow. I have told myself many times "This too will pass". Stay patient in the darkness and grateful in the light. Take chances; they're the price of becoming who you're meant to be.
   • Easy experiences are comfortable but often forgettable. It is the hard experiences that bring meaning, growth, and lasting reward. Embrace challenges, because they shape who you become.
   • Your life will not turn out the way you expect it too, and in the end that is a good thing. I didn't know when I was 21 that I was going to start a company in Boston. Take your chances.
   • Always remember your privilege. Having the chance to chase your dreams is a privilege, not a guarantee. Not everyone starts from the same place or has the same opportunities. Honor your privilege by lifting others up and making their path easier. True success is not just reaching your own goals, but helping others reach theirs too.
   • Don't settle. In everything you do, keep your standards high. When it comes to the important things in life, the details are not the details.
   • Learn to say "no". In school, we are taught to complete every task, but later in life, it is important to know when to say no. It took me years to learn this. I even experienced burnout because I said yes too often. It is not just okay to say no; it is necessary. The clearer you are about your priorities, the easier it becomes to say no.
   • To advance in business, show up first, stay late, and outwork everyone else. Hard work beats talent when talent doesn't work hard. Not everyone can do this due to real constraints, but if you have that privilege and flexibility, use it.
   • You don't get what you deserve, you get what you negotiate.
   • Be real in what you choose to share. When you speak or write, tell the deepest truth you can within appropriate boundaries. Don't hedge with comfortable half-truths or say what people want to hear just to avoid discomfort.
   • If you present a problem, present a solution. Anyone can complain. Few people bother to think through what might actually fix it.
   • Focus on what you can control. Don't worry about what you can't control.
   • Apologize when you should. I hope you live a life that you are proud of, and that if you find that you are not, that you have the strength to apologize and start over again. Be good men.
   • Find out about your parents. They are way more interesting than you think. :)
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