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lanaire's avatar

i too feel terrible after talking or tweeting too much. enjoyed reading this and your other letters. congrats on all the signs and wonders.since you covet silence, i think you may like nala sinephro's space 1.8 album and promises by floating points. happy new year Ernest.

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Ernest O. Ògúnyẹmí's avatar

(And yet I talk / tweet too much.) Thank you for reading, Lanaire, for your kind words and the rec. I will check both the album and Floating Points out. Happy new year to you, too.

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Bellview.xxii's avatar

That part of ‘Fool’ is a bit funny. I remember calling someone that, and if I had written it, I should have capitalised the F (you are Fool). I said, “You’re a fool, and I don’t mean to insult you. It’s a description of who you are. If I were to insult you, I’d want you to be pained and even go as far as saying untrue things. But I’m calling you a fool like the God of Proverbs. You can’t escape that. It’s a description you fit in.”

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Ernest O. Ògúnyẹmí's avatar

Thank you for reading. Better to see the fool in oneself than for others to see it. There is some foolishness in each of us.

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Isaiah Adepoju's avatar

it is always a delight to read your essays, ernest. a mini-school, this place!

and i feel seen that camille saint-saëns's 'carnival of the animals' has a place with you. i 'discovered' it in october, i think, while journalling at midnight about my love-confusion and a spiritual crisis which is the core of my life. and i remember that when it played, my mind saying and echoing: "sad child, sad child, oh dear child, what will you do now."

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Ernest O. Ògúnyẹmí's avatar

Isaiah. Thank you for your kind words always. I am glad you like “Carnival,” too. It was a real discovery for me last year. Happy new year. I hope your year is off to a great start. I wish you God’s grace and blessings this year.

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Oyèlékè's avatar

Thanks for all your newsletters, brother. They really helped me.

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Ernest O. Ògúnyẹmí's avatar

Joel. Thank you for always reading. God bless you richly.

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