http://www.jonathangreenbank.com/archives/172 The Artist Fri, 03 Sep 2010 16:21:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.jonathangreenbank.com/archives/172/comment-page-1#comment-160 ian jay Tue, 10 Nov 2009 23:55:34 +0000 http://www.jonathangreenbank.com/?p=172#comment-160 the coincidence and serendipity stuff happens to me all the time...it used to freak me out a bit when i was younger (whilst smoking vast amounts of pot and doing the odd line of speed)...but now, as a somewhat calmer, middle-aged grandfather, i tend to look quizzically for a bit when it happens and then shrug it off...i just think busy, creative people notice it more and read more into it, maybe...it IS delightful to wallow in it for a while though...there's an Edgar Allan Poe line that i like, it goes... 'have i not told you that what you mistake for madness is but over-acuteness of the senses ?'...i think there's something in that... the coincidence and serendipity stuff happens to me all the time…it used to freak me out a bit when i was younger (whilst smoking vast amounts of pot and doing the odd line of speed)…but now, as a somewhat calmer, middle-aged grandfather, i tend to look quizzically for a bit when it happens and then shrug it off…i just think busy, creative people notice it more and read more into it, maybe…it IS delightful to wallow in it for a while though…there’s an Edgar Allan Poe line that i like, it goes…
‘have i not told you that what you mistake for madness is but over-acuteness of the senses ?’…i think there’s something in that…

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