Recently my thoughts have dwelt on simulacra — that is: copies, images, portraits of things and how these relate to reality1. Philosophers too have contemplated this issue for a long time. From the ancient Greeks to the modern and post-modern philosophers, it seems as if everyone has chipped in to some extent.

I’ve wanted a personal website for ages; just a little want, a tiny thought which has developed in my head over time. It existed just in my mind. But today; today, I actually sat down and did it. I made something, and it feels like an achievement; grand in scale, but it’s not really: it’s more like an empty book that I still have to write: I need to fill it with my own thoughts, my own ideas, my own contemplations.