This is Herbert. He lives in the Mariana Trench. He is grumpy not because he is under 16000 psi, but because it is too dark for anyone to see his fantastic colors. He is fluorescent orange and hot pink, with royal blue appendages.
Do you still laugh sometimes? Do you know how to lose yourself completely all over again in a moment of elemental joy—because of a view of houses, a human atmosphere, a song, a bit of landscape, a piece of film: in short a piece of good warm life? It’s something I love so much in you.
[Simone Weil, from a letter to Albertine Thévenon]
This is Herbert. He lives in the Mariana Trench. He is grumpy not because he is under 16000 psi, but because it is too dark for anyone to see his fantastic colors. He is fluorescent orange and hot pink, with royal blue appendages.