Skiing is a mode of living: Life is now, an affirmation, time in motion and elation. Carpe diem ! Life is skiing. Skiing is a state of being: happy trance in blinding light or blanket mists, on perfect runs or frozen pistes : a drugless high, a game of chance. The mountains are alive with skiers striving strenuously for citius, altius, fortius — not pausing for the vast, majestic views, just racing on — and not arriving…. Reckless in…
Ulysses is the Roman name for Odysseus, in Greek mythology the king of Ithaca and central figure of the Odyssey, renowned for his cunning and resourcefulness. Traditionally ascribed to Homer, the epic poem traditionally describes the travels of Odysseus during his ten years of wandering after the sack of Troy. He eventually returned home to Ithaca and killed the suitors who had plagued his wife Penelope during his absence. James Joyce’s Ulysses is an odyssey of Dublin life that…
