tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8881054030497725613.post6716296394639794562..comments2023-11-03T15:50:56.001+01:00Comments on POET IN RESIDENCE : Oliver Sacks (1933 - 2015) TED Talk Gwil Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03305768121713053837noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8881054030497725613.post-23430976849411364842015-08-31T20:40:41.550+02:002015-08-31T20:40:41.550+02:00I'm pleased you enjoyed the TED talk. I think ...I'm pleased you enjoyed the TED talk. I think he has one on YouTube about synchronicity which is the one I will listen to next. Gwil Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03305768121713053837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8881054030497725613.post-88680087940757503032015-08-31T18:52:21.960+02:002015-08-31T18:52:21.960+02:00He was a very interesting man, from a very interes...He was a very interesting man, from a very interesting family, particularly his mother. I would like to have met him. Thank you for the film here. I listened to it this morning.Rachel Phillipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16053924416805878169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8881054030497725613.post-72969217404617028282015-08-31T16:43:04.727+02:002015-08-31T16:43:04.727+02:00My reply to you is about 3 below and stamped 16:39...My reply to you is about 3 below and stamped 16:39. It diverted I suppose because of an incoming reply at exactly the same time. When I was in the park today a man who looked just like Oliver Sacks opened a gate for me. Gwil Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03305768121713053837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8881054030497725613.post-35661521810609258042015-08-31T16:40:56.791+02:002015-08-31T16:40:56.791+02:00And we both hit the button at exactly the same tim...And we both hit the button at exactly the same time! See your time stamp and the one on my message to Heron's View. Gwil Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03305768121713053837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8881054030497725613.post-91722250029225172422015-08-31T16:39:36.733+02:002015-08-31T16:39:36.733+02:00Absolutely. I have read a couple of his books. The...Absolutely. I have read a couple of his books. The story that impresses me is the one about the artist who loses his ability to see colours after a bump on the head, and sees the world as it is seen by the eye; before the brain paints in the colours all is the colour of dirty snow'. Gwil Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03305768121713053837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8881054030497725613.post-69248938398433787982015-08-31T16:39:20.534+02:002015-08-31T16:39:20.534+02:00Great man actually Gwyl.Great man actually Gwyl.The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8881054030497725613.post-75144222413430579722015-08-30T18:13:03.571+02:002015-08-30T18:13:03.571+02:00An amazingly coherent character who will be missed...An amazingly coherent character who will be missed.A Heron's Viewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06563706152609630696noreply@blogger.com