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I read Proust’s 6-page-long account of waking up and finding yourself grasping, in the groggy semi-morning, for the contours and associations of all the bedrooms you’ve ever slept in: stored, somehow, in the negotiation of our limbs with the darkness — while falling asleep myself, after a long day of meetings, in a hotel in a city (Bellevue, WA) I’ve never been to and never imagined I would find myself in
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So it begins!
First impressions: the prose is musical to the point of incantation. For example:
“I would lay my cheeks gently against the comfortable cheeks of my pillow, as plump and fresh as the cheeks of childhood.” (2)
Reading Proust is an endeavor I’ve been building up to in my head for years, and it’ll take me several years, I imagine, to do it. I’m excited.
— Jan 28, 2026 04:34PM
First impressions: the prose is musical to the point of incantation. For example:
“I would lay my cheeks gently against the comfortable cheeks of my pillow, as plump and fresh as the cheeks of childhood.” (2)
Reading Proust is an endeavor I’ve been building up to in my head for years, and it’ll take me several years, I imagine, to do it. I’m excited.
