Musing on Murakami’s Kafka on the Shore

‘Johnnie Walker’ is one of the more enigmatic characters in this novel; As with ‘Colonel Sanders’, the other deeply ingrained product logo, they seem to be devices to denote a ‘concept made visible’. Colonel Sanders reinforces several times to Hoshino that he is neither a god, nor a buddha, he is a ‘metaphysical conceptual object.’ …

Transition between worlds

The motif of the transition between two worlds feels very resonant. A force from the ‘new world’ impinges on the visitor in an endeavour to pacify the disorientated. One needs to be wary and on guard as the new world traps the attention and exerts a pressure; It strives to become all-encompassing; Expelling all traces …

The mists, fogs and transient lights of the moon

A mysterious lunar phenomenon has been baffling observers for centuries. Transient lunar phenomena (TLPs) are the short-lived changes in the brightness of areas on the surface of the moon, appearing as bright flashes, with some lasting seconds and also some lasting for hours! These can be various colours such as flashes of red, violet, green …