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Simon Taylor

Simon Taylor

https://orcid.org/0009-0008-6687-4647

เกาะลันตา, Koh Lanta

เกาะลันตา, Koh Lanta

Am I using my website as a sort of intellectual Instagram? A friend wrote and told me this was what I seemed to be doing. He added that he disliked social media and would not be looking at what I posted in future. I regret the latter, not the former,

กระบี่, Krabi

กระบี่, Krabi

Good morning! Walked down to the Krabi River ... along the boardwalk riverside, looking at the longtails, when accosted by a guy offering a river trip on his. Reflex was to respond no. We did but toed and froed with looks, like, and yes then perhaps but why not? He named

notes for "Cinema Signifies a Change in the Fundamental Structure of Reality"

notes for "Cinema Signifies a Change in the Fundamental Structure of Reality"

These notes have ended up being unreasonably extensive. Before we get started, in order that they are not unreadably extensive, I would like to signpost the principal contents. These are found below under the section entitled A Machine Perceives and that called Bertrand Russell, a short introduction, which breaks into

correspondence regarding "Cinema Signifies ..."

correspondence regarding "Cinema Signifies ..."

The following exchange took place by email between the 19 May 2026 and the 20 May 2026. I thank Aryan Kaganoff, to whom I am also grateful for publishing a small article in which the genesis of Cinema Signifies ... may also be detected, for allowing me to present it here.

DRAFTS: "Cinema Signifies ..."

DRAFTS: "Cinema Signifies ..."

Here are the two main drafts of Cinema Signifies a Change in the Fundamental Structure of Reality. Having begun it at the kitchen table in my brother and niece's apartment in Kreuzberg, Berlin, I completed the first draft in Koh Lanta, Thailand. On the front deck of our

Cinema Signifies a Change in the Fundamental Structure of Reality

Cinema Signifies a Change in the Fundamental Structure of Reality

Framing note The following article advances a post-cinematic theory of perception. It draws from Bergson and Deleuze, and from the associated milieux, in biology, technics and metaphysics respectively, of Raymond Ruyer, Gilbert Simondon and Spinoza, to provide its conceptual framework. The article assumes no specialist knowledge. Rather than critical,

เชียงใหม่, Chiang Mai

เชียงใหม่, Chiang Mai

Founded 1296, meaning New City, capital of Lanna Kingdom and largest city in Northern Thailand, Chiang Mai is surrounded by a moat, which remains and, unfortunately for us, afraid less of the water than what is in the water, a major player in Songkran. The four gates into the moated