04.10.2011
Thoughts on a plane - I am of course referring to the prosaic (but amazing) technical achievement of the aeroplane, rather than to otherworldly spheres of thought.
I am flying in an Airbus A321 from Munich to Naples. A three-generation Italian family is in constant sound and motion in front of me. The children are getting bored now that the afternoon snack is finished; I have my headphones on, listening to Carl Craig & Moritz von Oswald's Deutsche Grammophon Recomposed mix of Ravel's Bolero (mashed with Mussorgsky); I'm relaxed and in a good mood, so the children aren't too annoying.
The Italian next to me is reading his Reppublica.
I am tapping away on the virtual keyboard of my Samsung Galaxy Tab 7", hitting the 'delete' button more than anything else.
Really I don't have anything to say for this blog entry; this is just something to keep me occupied until the fasten seatbelts sign is switched on and we have to switch off our electronic items. I am in typical 'brain coast' mode, not overtaxing myself, but presenting my synapses with the challenge of selecting appropriate words in a stream of unprepared typing. Just to see where this all leads.
Today is all very European, despite the Samsung and the Shure headphones. The Airbus is the epitome of European collaboration, politics, questionable finance and beating the Americans. I'm flying over the Alps to Italy where I will eat wonderful food and drink fine wine.
I like Europe, but I don't know how I want it to be.
Fasten seatbelts, let's do Napoli.
