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Matt
@hilbyguy
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Writer, runner, lover of books.
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2021-10-30 12:32
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LeoFinance
2022-02-19 17:06
9 Actual Use Cases of Crypto: Against "Line Goes Up"
There's this 2 hour and 20 minute video slamming the crypto space. It has millions upon millions of views. It's called "Line Goes Up - The Problem with NFTs." But make no mistake, it's a two-hour
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Freewriters
2022-02-03 18:20
Reading Proust in the Sauna: Inside Our Heads
In today's scene, the main character is in a good mood from reading and nice weather and wants to socialize. But when he passes someone and tries to get them into a conversation, the person has no interest.
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hilbyguy
Hive Book Club
2022-01-23 15:04
The Genius of Barthelme's Short Stories
As I get older, I look for deeper and more abstract literature to read. I assume this is cyclical and one day I'll return to the classic stories, but right now I want bizarre things that make me think
hilbyguy
Freewriters
2022-01-22 18:43
Reading Proust in the Sauna: Growing old within a few months...
Today, we have another two part quote. These sentences are so long and full of detail that parts must be skipped and even broken apart to fully digest and respond to it properly. In this scene, M. Vinteuil's
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Freewriters
2022-01-16 18:50
Reading Proust in the Sauna: On Our Final Moments
As usual, Proust takes a concept that is unimaginable and describes it with delicacy and awe. On page 156 of Swann's Way: "The process which had begun in her--and in her a little earlier only than
hilbyguy
Hive Book Club
2022-01-09 16:29
The Genius of Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
I first read Anna Karenina when I was 22. It was some sort of masculine show of what I could do. I loved reading the largest, most difficult books I could find. I'm very glad to have read those books in
hilbyguy
Freewriters
2021-12-30 14:57
Reading Proust in the Sauna: The Gripping Power of a Rut
I've been reading Swann's Way in the sauna for quite some time now, and this is the first passage that has truly knocked me back with its power. The flowery prose finally made sense to me. This description
hilbyguy
Proof of Brain
2021-12-21 18:46
Blockchain Can Solve the U.S. Voting Crisis
The Problem The U.S. is in the middle of a voting crisis. Much of the public has lost faith in the way the current system is run, and this has somehow happened regardless of political party. For example,
hilbyguy
Freewriters
2021-12-17 14:26
Reading Proust in the Sauna: On Habits
On page 125: "...the ground moved forward under my feet in that garden where for so long my actions had ceased to require any control, or even attention, from my will. Habit had come to take me in
hilbyguy
Curated Collections
2021-12-11 20:57
Circumventing Intention: A Collection of my Poetry
Here are the poems I've published on Hive; all in one place, a sort of e-book. More to come.
hilbyguy
Freewriters
2021-12-09 15:02
Reading Proust in the Sauna: Repetitive People
Today I won't use a quote. Instead, we'll reflect on something Proust does extremely well in Swann's Way. He captures really subtle aspects of characters that makes me think: wow, I know that person! The
hilbyguy
Freewriters
2021-12-04 15:20
Reading Proust in the Sauna: On Revolutionary Art
The narrator contemplates how we judge new writers with different standards. On pages 106-107: "But none of them would go so far as to say 'He's a great writer, he has great talent.' They did not
hilbyguy
Freewriters
2021-11-28 15:16
Reading Proust in the Sauna: Living 100 Lives
It's the next article in this series, and our main character is still doing the same thing: reading. He's been reflecting on the nature of reading and books and what the experience is like. On page 92:
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Freewriters
2021-11-26 17:16
Reading Proust in the Sauna: Bury Myself and Remain Invisible
In this scene the narrator is reading in a secluded area. He wants to stay away from everything, free from his duties. On page 90: "And then my thoughts, too formed a similar sort of recess, in the
hilbyguy
Freewriters
2021-11-23 14:46
Reading Proust in the Sauna: On Runaway Imaginations
In today's scene, we have the narrator meeting a woman he doesn't know, but he does know that a millionaire has given her a house and jewels and all sorts of fancy things. On page 83: "And yet, when
hilbyguy
Freewriters
2021-11-20 13:05
Reading Proust in the Sauna: Artistic Integrity in the Small Things
In today's selection, we have the characters eating a meticulously prepared meal. The narrator discusses this in comparison to receiving a gift from an artist (pg 77): "To have left even the tiniest
hilbyguy
Freewriters
2021-11-14 14:47
Reading Proust in the Sauna: On True Empathy
I've begun to look forward to these sauna sessions and the pouring out of my thoughts afterward into these little blogs. I've even started taking in a pencil to scribble ideas in the margins and underline
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Freewriters
2021-11-07 14:36
Reading Proust in the Sauna: Prelude
Proust's In Search of Lost Time is one of those daunting literary masterpieces that everyone wants to have read but never wants to sit down and do the reading. It clocks in at around 4,200 pages (depending
