Posted in Uncategorized, tagged argument, beliefs, cogito, Descarte, games, imagination on April 2, 2012| 1 Comment »
Roger’s motto: challenge belief.
A favourite argument starter:
“You are only a figment of my imagination.”
The skeptic’s game begins …
It’s fun.
Ends in frustration.
Rene Descartes - French Mathematician, Philosopher - who had the insight: cogito ergo sum - I think therefore I am.
Favourite response:
“I am imagining some bloke called Roger,
who is telling me I am a figment of his imagination.
I am real, he isn’t.”
Posted in 1 Guildford Rd, Penrith Infants, tagged cowboys, fantasy, hero, imagination, Paul Robeson, pirates, pretend on January 24, 2012| Leave a Comment »
I reclaim a galleon plundered by drunken pirates,
Brawl with brutish cowboys cruelly mistreating cute indian girls.
Fight through enemy lines – a brave foot soldier with no rank – captured, tortured – eventually escaping to win the day.
A few hours “alone”, and I save the world!
Hero … but anonymous and humble.
Extra:
When they returned home perhaps I was all ready for bed – instead of a battle, maybe Roger broke into song for me:
Posted in 1 Guildford Rd, Pre School, tagged imagination, laundry on January 2, 2012| 2 Comments »
From the back on the right – the Laundry.
Two cement tubs, boiler & mangle, “agitating” pole, packets of soapflakes, bleach bottles.
This is not - but could be - my mum!
Clothes soak, bubble in soapy broth, stirred with pole, then squeezed through wringing rollers.
In that steamy, pungent, cauldron cave, I often imagined an arm, my arm, rolled – mangled.
Get out of there, Steve!!!
365 Short Memories 