“"To have an opinion about Ireland”, one must begin by getting at the truth; and where is it to be hand in the country? Or rather, there are two truths, the Catholic truth and the Protestant truth… Belief is made a party business.“
- William Makepeace Thackeray, ‘Irish Sketch Book’ (1842)
Brian John Spencer
Artist:Writer - Belfast | Dublin | London | New York - My online Commonplace Book - Tumblr is the new memory suitcase. This is where I snip, log and tag all my thoughts, readings, quotes, photos and interesting things I encounter on and offline. It is my own public facing library, hard-drive and Wikipedia. Writers used to have a ‘commonplace’ book where they logged all the special words and readings they encountered. Words, idioms, sentences and thoughts - I store these and will retrieve and use them in the future. Hemingway had a commonplace suitcase. He lost his. His wife left it on a train. Totally unrecoverable. Lost forever. We’re extra-lucky in this digital age having the tools we have. And Tumblr is my digital commonplace book. Check it out and let me know what you think. www.brianjohnspencer.com