I freely admit that yesterday I was being stupid, but I reserve the right to recourse to self pity every now and again, just to recharge my emotional batteries – kind of a system reboot. In the end, I was ready for bed by about half seven, and spent a very enjoyable evening re-listening to the 2003 Reith lectures (to be found here), which, as you may recall, were given by VS Ramachandran on synesthesia. I listened to them all, hoping to gleam something from them.

As with all public lectures, they were very cursive, and didn’t go into much academic detail. I’m sure the fields of psychophysics and neuroscience are much more complex than professor Ramachandran made them seem. Nevertheless, they were thoroughly enjoyable to listen to, full of humour which is sometimes lacking in Dave or Alan’s lectures. Mind you, I must remember that the Reith lectures are for a wide public audience, and I’m sure neuroscience can sometimes be as dull and confusing as when Alan goes on and on about Lacan! Remind me to ask Cyril, a cousin who does neuroscience up at UMIST.

Jokes aside, listening to that lecture recharged my thirst for knowledge and liking for academia. I cant help wondering if synesthesia can be applied to film – I am convinced it forms the basis for language, but they’re two different kettles of fish. However, for the time being, I have more pertinent questions to explore. The copy of camera lucidia I ordered should be in the library today, and I have stories to write. Oh yeah, and a screenplay!

Life is good again!