May Book

Reading Wittgenstein a page at a time in the bathtub is very close to a perfect state of being for me. "Culture and Value" is a great non-title because this is exactly what the book is about. I think what I find astonishing about his writing and thinking is that it's very open-ended. If I have to compare him to someone else, it would be Jean-Luc Godard. At least the quotation part, and of course Godard takes things that are floating out there and puts it together in his own fashion - but Wittgenstein's speciality is to write about things that can't be easily said or stated. There is a beauty in the way he writes about things, that are about language thinking about those things. Right now, he's the one writer that really helps me with my own writing and thinking. I need more Wittgenstein!