Bedtime Story Conservatory 61 27/05/2020
Hello everybody,
Bedtime Story Conservatory is almost officially a pensioner. Let's celebrate. Love you all. The lamp next to me is on, filling this email with its warmth, hopefully.
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I have been thinking a lot about this project since it started, it is very close to my heart now, and seems to undulate and fluctuate to the rhythm of my situation and feelings, as I suppose every daily ritual does, down to how long you brush your teeth for or how long you give yourself time to look out of the window. These emails are intended to accompany these daily rituals, the extra second you spend getting the last bit of grime off your back teeth, the extra second you take to register and confirm the passing of a car, a bird or an insect across the window.
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Alfred Hitchcock's Rear Window 1954.
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Roman Signer This is beautiful.
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Apparently there are approximately 210 Billion human teeth in the world. And approximately 6.6 Billion windows, apparently. Even if not entirely accurate, it's a nice thought.
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Today's reading is J.D. Salinger's A Perfect Day for Bananafish 1948. Salinger was an American author best known for The Catcher in the Rye, and published short stories in magazines, before serving in WWII. This short story propelled Salinger's career forward in New York, and received much critical acclaim. It is the first of a compilation of short stories revolving around the character Seymour. At the time of writing this, Salinger was a student in Zen Buddhism.
When Salinger died on 27 January 2010, aged 91, he was described as “a recluse” in virtually every report. Although he spent much of his adult life trying to avoid interviews, the term is not an accurate description the famous author. Jerome David Salinger, who went by the name Jerry, played up to a loner image. He may have described himself to a friend as “a perennial sad sack”, but he was an active socialite as a youngster (frequenting the glitzy Stork Club in New York) and even toyed with the idea of becoming an actor.- Independent
There is a lot of dialogue in this story, which I am not entirely used to yet, so excuse the odd mistake. Although, I have chosen to keep these mistakes in because it feels more natural, the recording is the first time I'm reading it too, so I'm discovering the story with you.
Here is a link to the reading-
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1mosvZvwhv7EGA3mnt9iBN1iVr0YPamtR/view?usp=sharing
And a link to all previous readings (still archiving all emails on my website)-
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1mosvZvwhv7EGA3mnt9iBN1iVr0YPamtR/view?usp=sharing
Warmest wishes, lots of love,
Sam
