https://livesteven.com/2026/06/12/memes-are-sometimes-nothing-more-than-rhythms-in-the-memory-john-dyer-the-hero-of-nicholas-shakespeare-2026-frame-37-uses-the-phrase-nothing-ever-disappears-completely-an/Steve_Bamlett_blogen2026-06-12T15:52:36+00:00Memes are sometimes nothing more than rhythms in the memory. John Dyer, the hero of Nicholas Shakespeare (2026) ‘Frame 37’, uses the phrase, ‘… nothing ever disappears completely, and when it returns it does so in exaggerated form’.  This blog considers whether it is the purpose of ‘good stories’ to locate the source of truth of an incomprehensible universe, but to continually suggest that this truth runs like ‘a non-verbal poetry’ with a ‘rhythm that feels fresh’ and might wake us up ‘to the unspoken part of the universe’ around us.dailyprompt, writing, literature, books, book-review, reading, dailyprompt-2791, nicholas-shakespeare, frame-37https://livesteven.com/2026/06/11/there-is-no-need-for-magical-thinking-in-order-to-find-art-that-you-wish-you-could-experience-again-for-the-first-time-visit-art-enough-and-it-must-reinvent-itself-this-is-a-blog-on-preparing-to/Steve_Bamlett_blogen2026-06-11T09:02:23+00:00There is no need for magical thinking in order to find art ‘that you wish you could experience again for the first time’. Visit art enough and it must reinvent itself. This is a blog on preparing to visit London again for an art-binge-festdailyprompt, art, travel, history, painting, exhibition, dailyprompt-2798, oresteia, zurbaran, anish-kappor, grace-pervades