Philosophical Note:
On Staying in Bed
16 November 2018
¶ Re-reading Alexander Theroux’s The Strange Case of Edward Gorey — itself a rather strange book, a sort of Portrait of the Artist as a Friend Manqué — I’ve come across a line that Mark Dery also quotes in the biography that I mentioned the other day.
I never could understand why people always feel they love to climb up Mount Everest when you know it’s quite dangerous getting out of bed.
It’s a mouthful for a motto, but that’s my philosophy for today. In bed I shall stay.