On this page I might occasionally write down some of my thoughts,
although the topics could differ between all of my interests.
ChatGPT’s essay on Quentin’s watch
Right before this thought, I wrote a thought on how Quentin’s watch in Faulkner’s The Sound and The Fury allows us to forget time every now and then. As an experiment, I thought it would also be interesting to see what ChatGPT thinks of Quentin’s watch. This post is a verbatim copy of ChatGPT’s response…
Quentin’s watch in the current day
When the shadow of the sash appeared on the curtains it was between seven and eight oclock and then I was in time again, hearing the watch. It was Grandfather’s and when Father gave it to me he said I give you the mausoleum of all hope and desire; it’s rather excruciating-ly apt that you…
The Books of Jacob, and Trumpism
In her phenomenal work The Books of Jacob, on the life of Jacob Frank, Olga Tokarczuk captures the obscure twists and turns of Frankism. The Frankist movement started in Poland in the 18th century and passed through the Ottoman world and eastern Europe only to end with the death of Jacob Frank in 1791 in…
The genius of Jonathan Franzen
When reading any work of Jonathan Franzen after The Corrections (2001), take special note of the way he shapes characters: Alfred and Enid, an older couple, and Chip, Denise, and Gary, their adult children. They feel real as if they are more than just personalities. They are people you could recognise on the street, they could share…
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Krijn Reijnders 