George Gurdjieff (1866-1949) My penfriend, Scott Locklin
Dubiously-inspired spiritual psychopath http://scottlocklin.wordpress.com/
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Note: I have modified the spelling of "Gurdjieff" in the original post - I had been using the name as given me by a fifth-degree Siberian Squirrel Shaman; which I received during a particularly arduous and torturous spiritual journey - but it turns out he was an erratic speller...
Perhaps significantly - or perhaps not - the most popular Google prompt for Scott Locklin is "is an idiot".
ReplyDeleteI checked out my own primary Google prompt - for a long time it was "sacked"
http://charltonteaching.blogspot.co.uk/2012/09/an-update-on-bruce-charlton-sacked.html
but today it seems to be "Mormon" - which is flattering for me; but must surely be irritating to real, baptised, active LDS members.
And now, thanks to you, a picture of Gurdjieff is now on the first page of Google Image Search results for "Scott Locklin."
ReplyDelete@Wm - Yes, a damning indictment of the inability of computers to detect humour - perhaps especially not of this whimsical English variety.
ReplyDeleteClearly this post was not adequately 'labelled' as a joke - to clarify, I read and comment at Scott's blog and we fairly often exchange e-mails. He is sufficiently robust and ironic to enjoy this sort of pointless nonsense.
The rollicking prose at Takimag keeps me going back for more. Just as I keep coming back here for something.
ReplyDeleteProse stylists who get sacked from other publications seem to congregate there.
Takimag is probably a good example of "dynamic sorting of readers" by their ability to tolerate offensive ideas and/or presentation.
Locklin really sparkles at his best--as do many of the Taki contributors (Takiteers?).
The old Private Eye trick of switching the names...("Are they by any chance related?")
ReplyDeleteI always assumed that picture that accompanied Locklin's articles in Takimag was an old photo he dragged out of somewhere, but apparently it is himself.