Paul Hurt's linkage site: home page

In the lists below, the linked pages are highlighted . Clicking on the link takes you to the page. Each page has a list of entries, with links to the entries. The entries are short, fairly short or very short. They are not intended to provide comprehensive information and explanation but to give enough information to explain the relevance of Linkage and theme theory to the subject.

Many of the entries are not concerned with established subjects but offer new concepts, new techniques, new ways of looking at the world.

The entries vary widely in scope and technical difficulty. Interpretations is the page which contains the most difficult material. My page Linkage and theme theory provides an introduction to the subject.The theory has a very extensive range of applications, including practical applications. For example, I make use of it in my design and construction work very often - to a greater or lesser extent in most of my work.

Categories below (shortened titles):

1. Themes: applications
2. Themes: interpretations
3: Linkages: glossary
4. Literature: new ideas, techniques

1. {themes}: Some applications

{adjustment}

Pseudo-science
Commercial pressures
Nietzsche
Goya and violence

{completion}

Mathematical proof
Truth tables
Digital electronics
Biological taxonomy
Aristotle's 'telos'

{direction}

Generalized linkage connective
Implication
Material conditional
Teleological arguments
Trends
Vectors and directed lines
Ferromagnetism
Entropy
Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus, 3.144

{distance}

Key system in music
Modulation in poetry
Unities of drama

Narrative {distance}
'Du' and 'Sie' in German
Edward Bullough's aesthetic {distance}
Wordsworth's boy at Windermere
Subjunctive and optative in Thucydides iii, 22
Web design and {distance}
Law of negligence

{modification}

The Journey
James Connolly and the Easter Rising
Innovation
Nietzsche
Transformation in Rembrandt and Rilke
Mind, body and the rest of the world
George Orwell: capital and corporal punishment
Activism and opposition
{modification} by {diversification}
The necessary, the impossible and the contingent
The ship of Theseus

Invariance
Variables and pretensions
Corroboration and falsification
Typography and action
Modal properties

{ordering}

Ethical decision-making
Digital technology
Military medicine: triage
Priorities in politics
Dependence
Nietzsche

{ordering} and {grouping}
The mind and concentration

{restriction}

Limitation and limits
Disappointment and imperfection
Exemption: slavery

Quantum mechanics
Jokes
Linkage schemata
((surveys))
Framing
Linkage isolation
Isolation and abstraction
Isolation and 'The Whole Truth'
Isolation and distortion
Poetry and prose
Kant and the limits to knowledge
Allowing and disallowing

{reversal}

Thermodynamic reversal
Elastic deformation
Negation
Undoing
Inversion and musical intervals

{separation}

Of people: Shakespeare
Of people: Auschwitz-Birkenau
Commuters
Between past and present
Vegetables and fruit
Human characteristics and versatility
Thermodynamic separation
{separation} and application-sphere
{separation} and separability
Causation
Areas of competence

{substitution}

Evaluating the thing itself
Mathematical and scientific {substitution}

2. {themes}: Some interpretations, making use of Linkage and theme theory

Commutative operators
Demarcation: science-metaphysics
Endothermic and exothermic reactions
Foundationalism and coherentism
Implication
Induction
Inertia
Infinitesimals

Interchangeability
Intervals
Inverses of functions
Kantian categories
Mendelian factors
Meta- and para-studies
Newton's first law of motion
Newton's third law of motion
Particle in a box
Polish (prefix) notation

Referents
Regions
Selection: natural and artificial

SI units
Thermodynamic systems and partitions

3. Linkages: glossary

Abbreviation
{adjustment} and alignment
Allowing and disallowing
Assuming a linkage
Atypical linkage
Close linkage and close contrast
Common interface
Constraints
Context-sensitive term
Contrasts of contrast

Deleted linkage
Distortion
Diversification
Elements
Enclosure
Evaluation
Evaluative linguistics

Exemption

Factors and factorization
Genus and species

Homoiolinkage and heterolinkage

Incommensurable linkage

Indeterminacy
Isolation

Layers
Limitation

Linkage diagrams
Linkage lines

Linkage schemata

Obverse linkages

Opposites linkage

Orwell's Search

Parnassian contrast

Philosophy and linkage

Primary and secondary elements

Prior linkages

Redeeming contrast

Redrawing

Reduction of contrast

Re-scaling

Restatement

Scaling: primary, secondary, tertiary

Separate worlds

Semi-precise linkage

Substitution

((survey))
{theme}
Unification

Volume
Weighting

4. Literature: new ideas and techniques in poetry

Introduction: analysis and adventure

Allomorphs
Axis poetry
Centred rhyme
Consonants and vowels
Contrast and repetition
Directionality
Fragmentation and faulting
Inter-line poetry
'Linguistically innovative poetry'
Linkage by meaning

Modulation

Pulse poetry

Rearrangement and restoration
Regions and zoning
Sectional analysis

Semantic force and significance

Strata poetry

Tensile art
Timing
Transept poetry
Unit poetry
Image-lines
The Set

Intra-linkages and intra-contrasts
Inter-linkages and inter-contrasts
Frames

       Below, some of the site's many images, showing some of its range and
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Below, 1st photograph shows New Greenhouse Design. The core structure takes the form of a triangular prism (a shape with great structural strength.) Around the core structure are
extensions, here with curved panels. Three straight panels of the core structure are visible on this North-facing side. There are 3 panels on the South-facing side. The system has great

versatility. With all the panels in place, gutters and pipes at the base can divert water collected from the roof to water storage containers and ponds (dual-function, for water storage and to
benefit wildlife). Panels can be removed and put back very easily. When most or all of the panels are removed, crops inside the greenhouse can be watered with natural rainfall. The system
has many advantages for water conservation. It reduces reliance on mains water. It has many other benefits, e.g. for temperature control. Ventilation is very important, to reduce or
eliminate overheating when external temperatures are high and for other reasons. One or more panels can be removed and all the panels can be removed, to give maximum
ventilation. Plastic coverings don't enhance the appearance of a site, for most people. When polycarbonate sheets aren't needed, none need be visible. One of the panels on the South-
facing side has been removed permanently. A grape vine in the greenhouse grows inside the greenhouse, at roof level, and outside, higher up, above the roof. The extensions shown
below, on the West side, include a 'solar composter,' which speeds up the production of compost by the greenhouse effect, a wildlife / water storage pond and other growing areas.
There's a much larger wildlife / water storage pond outside the greenhouse and other water-collecting surfaces and water storage facilities. An extension on the East side includes a
storage area for e.g. tools and supplies and a working area for e.g. propagation. A straw bale wall has been a feature of this extension (shown above, also with a straw bale storage area.)
The greenhouse has been featured in an article I wrote for the magazine of the National Allotment Society.

My New Growing System for farms has the advantages of the New Greenhouse Design as well as many other features. From the official U.S. patent document: ' ... the present invention

is a trellising system with modifiable components and configurations for growing, protected cropping, protected working, materials handling, water collecting and water conservation for

use in vineyards and orchards and as a polytunnel substitute.' The New System has aesthetic advantages. The plastic sheeting which forms part of the system is needed to secure
environmental advantages but is unnecessary when external temperatures are high and no water can be collected. Unlike the plastic of polytunnels, the plastic used in this system can
be retracted. The plastic need not be visible when not needed. The plant growth on the unobtrusive supports will be seen all the more clearly.

Amongst the images below are three rows of images of flowers of native British plants to be found in the land I rent, most of them growing there due to my active encouragement.
There are just two exceptions. Solanum crispum isn't a British native. Pilosella aurantiaca isn't a British native but is widely naturalized in this country.

Below, some images of the land taken in the summer and autumn of 2025 (not including the images of insect visitors to the wildlife pond or the plan of the land)

The material below gives a general introduction to this very versatile system but includes a section on a specialized use - of the boat (one configuration of the system) to help in cases
of severe flooding.

The two images in the row above show just one possible configuration, with many of the components, eg larch beams, used in other configurations. The image shows a configuration for

growing / propagation / water collecting. The polycarbonate sheets, seen edge on, have multiple functions, including warming by the greenhouse effect for container plants and water

collecting. Water collected can be transferred to the storage barrels shown here, using a battery-powered pump. But the basic boat configuration is almost identical.

Larch beams, only a few of them seen here, are now crucial for buoyancy / flotation of the boat. The water storage barrels are now empty of water and now play a part in buoyancy / flotation.

Every configuration is heavy but none of the components used to build the configurations are heavy or very large. The larch beams, for instance, are only 1.2m long, with a weight of

13.5kg. All the components can easily be stored and transported in my van. Not visible here, structural steel components within the structure which can be omitted in many applications.

In the boat configurations, these components are above the waterline. Most configurations can be constructed easily and quickly by one person, using practically no tools. A few

applications require work on a very few of the components using a machine tool or other specialized equipment. Some configurations include internal woodworking joints, modifications
of a traditional woodworking joint. To incorporate these joints requires a machine tool.

Flooding and Uses of the boat

IHere, I focus attention on just one use, an important one. The system is obviously intended to be useful during drought, as well as during times when precipitation is nearer to the average, as

part of a comprehensive system. The boat configuration can provide substantial help to people facing flooding, or the possibility of flooding. The boat has been designed as a very flexible

sub-system which can carry heavy loads. The boat's width and length can be increased, and the buoyancy / flotation components can be easily augmented to make support and transport of

heavy loads possible. The boat above has two distinct sections, each with the exact dimensions, or almost the same dimensions, as the standard pallet size, 120cm x 100cm allowing ready use

of a fork lift truck, if available, for putting loads in place or removing loads from the boat. When the structure is used for water storage, an Intermediate Bulk Container (IBC) commonly used for

water storage (I have an IBC for this purpose) can fit on the structure easily. The structure is designed to take an IBC, or more than one, and other loads which are commonly transported on

pallets. During flooding, water uncontaminated by sewage or other material may not readily available, and a supply of clean water may well be needed.

The structure shown here can easily be doubled in total length. It can be constructed using larch beams 2.4m in length, used end to end, to give a total length for the boat of a little over 4.8m,

instead of the boat length here, a little over 2.4m. Beams of length 2.4m will obviously be less easy to move than those of length 1.2m, the length in this case.

The boat could be available for use in areas subject to flooding already assembled. If not, it can be very quickly assembled if flooding seems likely. Further buoyancy aids are available

or can be added. The barrels used for water storage, when emptied, become air-filled and can make a valuable contribution to buoyancy. There is provision for inserting polymer insulating
materials into the layers which make up the structure, which have dual use in this system. Tall storage containers can be installed on the wooden bases of the boat. These are secured by

means not shown here but made easily available in this design.

When the boat is used in other situations, for example, pleasurable uses, a very versatile system is provided in the design, again, not shown here: provision of rowlocks for rowing, seating
for rowing, seating for other purposes, a clear level area when the boat is moved by punting, provision of supports for installation of an outboard motor, provision of safety rails, installation

of a mast to support a sail, to convert the boat into a sailing boat. There are many other possibilities. Ease of use is a feature of the design, including easy installation of all these features.
Whatever use is made of the boat, the importance of safety must be stressed, safety in lifting and moving and use of tools - and in particular, the importance of safety on the water. Wearing

a life jacket (or buoyancy aid in the case of good swimmers) is essential.

The boat can only make a subsidiary contribution in lessening the serious consequences of major flooding but it can help. Before flood waters cause damage to the ground floor of a property,

some furniture, a very wide range of other goods, can be transferred to the boat. Ramps and winches can achieve movement even of very heavy objects. On the boat, shelter from rain is
provided, for people as well as goods, by means of one or more curved polycarbonate sheets. I have extensive experience of constructing shelters using extended sheets much larger
than the curved sheets shown above, which serve a different purpose, keeping the exterior dry on dry land. The boat can contribute to the welfare of pets, which can be moved to the boat in

transportation cages. A wide range of clothing, bedding and other materials can be transferred and kept dry. This may well be helpful in the very difficult times which lie ahead, when the

household is living in temporary accommodation. The barrels used for storage of water can be used for storage of clothes and bedding and other (light) things, once their interior has been dried.

The contents of the barrels will aid buoyancy, to counteract the downward force of heavy loads in other parts of the boat.

Flood water is intrinsically destructive, of course. It can sweep away and destroy even cars and other vehicles. The design incorporates secure anchorage components, such as heavy

chain, to ensure that the boat does not move. Once the flood waters have subsided, to some extent, with only shallow water left, it would be possible to move the boat but in many situations

not advisable. There would be a risk of collisions with people, other boats and buildings. In some circumstances, it may well be possible to move the boat. If, as I hope, this system is adopted

to a greater or lesser extent, then it would be feasible to provide 'tug boats' in some flooded areas. Boats of this design (usually of the longer length) would make perfectly good tug boats
when equipped with an outboard engine. A tug boat could tow a line of these emergency boats to a location where temporary storage facilities (and perhaps the temporary accommodation)

is provided. It might well be possible to provide fork lift trucks to transfer loads on the boats to buildings or other facilities where these would be stored.

Personal information: I live on a hill which can never be affected by flooding but the valley of the River Don is very near, as well as two smaller river valleys, of the River Rivelin and

River Loxley. Low-lying areas near to the Don have been badly flooded in fairly recent times. Areas around the Don and the Loxley were subject to catastrophic flooding during an event
which is very significant in the history of this city, the 'Great Sheffield Flood' of 11 March, 1864, caused by failure of the Dale Dyke Dam. It killed more than 240 people and damaged or

destroyed more than 600 houses. Boats of this design would be of no help or hardly any help in the case of floods which occur suddenly, with little or no warning, at least in the

immediate aftermath.

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I obviously hope that this system will be widely adopted. I hope that the boats will be able to use the canal network in time, after consultations and planning. I would hope that
eventually, I'll be able to sail the boat on Ullswater, a lake which allows boat launching by the public. The method of propulsion would be rowing. (For a time, I was a competitive rower.)

This is an ambition which may or may not be realized. The boat is flat-bottomed, suitable for calm or fairly calm water, able to reach shallow or very shallow areas, perfectly suited to
greater depths but not for use at sea. I intend to work on modifications which would give some of the advantages of very different boat designs to this boat, such as a V-hull, allowing it

to sail successfully in less calm inland waters but not in turbulent, fast flowing sections of rivers and not in the sea, rough or calm.

For the time being, I don't give information in any detail at all about the design and construction of the boat or the system of which the boat is a part. Disclosure of detailed

information won't be possible for quite some time, for reasons which I think will be obvious. Once some of the many enhancements are put in place, the boat will look more

'boat-like.' The basic ideas came very quickly and I constructed a basic prototype very quickly but there followed a period in which I tried out many new approaches and gained

many new insights, experimenting and testing a wide range of features, retaining the ones which worked best and gaining a comprehensive body of knowledge: amongst other

things, a period of hard work.

If this system is found useful (and it's intended to give a wide range of advantages, not only advantages in helping the victims of floods) then of course the advantages can transcend

the local level, relevant, I would think, at the national and international level.

In the case of many images below, clicking on the image takes you not to a listed page but to Home Page Images. This provides description / explanation and usually a larger version of the image.

My approach to growing is broadly based. Aesthetic values are very important to me and these values underlie my use of the land rented from Sheffield City Council. From the introduction

to Jane Grigson's 'Vegetable Book,' 'In my most optimistic moments, I see every town ringed again with small gardens, nurseries, allotments, greenhouses, orchards, as it was in the past,

an assertion of delight and human scale.' The claim that I've had 'a detrimental effect, of a persistent or continuing nature on the quality of life of those in the locality' (the land I rent happens
to be in 'the locality') is not just false but vile. I made determined efforts to have cleared a large heap of fly tipped rubbish near to the land I rent but no action was taken by the Council, or by
the so-called 'Community Garden' who were using the area when the heap appeared or the Garden Church which assumed control of the land later on. Images of the mess (including
discarded Council plastic bins and discarded plastic containers of organic fertilizer and other gardening materials):

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Simple science: some considerations relating to the boat (alternative use of the system: water conservation unit) shown above.
A great deal of additional material will be needed to explain the construction and uses of the system. For the time being, these

are the only aspects I discuss, background information concerned with (1) flotation and forces (2) background information,

very restricted in scope, concerning aspects of polymer chemistry.

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In static equilibrium, the boat will displace a volume of water. The weight of this will equal the total weight of the boat,
together with any loads added to the boat. The buoyant force F, acting upwards, will equal the total weight of the boat
acting downwards: these vector forces are equal and opposite. The state is one of static equilibrium. The boat will
float because the average density of the boat is less than the density of the water in which it floats. The density of the
larch wood which makes up the bulk of the boat is approximately 550 kg/m³ and the density of water at 4°C is
approximately 1000 kg/m³ The mass of the boat (with any additional loads) is equal to the mass of water displaced.
The boat has a mass of approximately 200 kg. The boat can support and move large loads. The greater their mass and

density, the greater will be the buoyant force needed to counteract the downward force. This is achieved by adding
more larch layers and / or the use of other flotation materials.

Calculations making use of hydrostatic equations can supply useful information, eg, the submerged depth of the larch
beams and the depth above the waterline. If it's found that all the beams are below the waterline when the boat is
carrying very heavy loads, more buoyancy material will need to be added, eg in the form of buoyancy bags, PIR
polyisocyanurate material, closed cell polyurethane foam, air-filled plastic barrels, layers of wooden material,

but not very dense woods. (Below, complex science: structure of polyisocyanurate and polyurethane.) Strengthening

by use of steel bars or other means will often be required but the high density of these will not increase significantly

the overall density of the added material. Steel will obviously require protection from corrosion but for many uses, eg

flood mitigation, steel components are not needed.

Calculations in connection with boat buoyancy require use of equations in hydrostatics, including some of those listed here.

The associated discussion and explanations are very concise.

(1) m = ρ V where m is the mass, water, ρ is the density in kg/m³ and V is the volume in /m³ These quantities, m, ρ and V can

refer to the boat or the water. Subscripts make clear that the reference is specifically to the body, in this case the boat (_B) or

the fluid, in this case the water, (_f)

(2) F_B = m_fg = ρ_f V_fg where g is the acceleration due to gravity, 9.81 m/s² (alternative units, newton N per kg.) This gives
the magnitude of the buoyant force. In this equation, the term m can be replaced with the expression ρ V, using equation (1)

ρ_fV_fg = m_B g (3) since the buoyant force, acting upwards, is equal in magnitude to the weight of the boat, acting downwards.

The boat is not fully submerged, due to the buoyant force acting on it. .

Furthermore,

ρ_fV_f g = ρ_B V_B g (4) It will be obvious that the left hand side of the equation refers to the fluid, water and the right hand side

refers to the body floating in the water, the boat. The gravitational constant g which appears on both sides of this equation

can be cancelled. Solving for V_f gives this equation:

Vf = ρ_B / ρ_f x V_B (6) where V_f is the volume of the fluid displaced. V_B is the volume of the body itself, the boat. ρ_B / ρ_f is the

ratio of the densities of the body and the fluid.

IEquations in this section can be used to calculate how much of the semi-submerged boat will be above the water line - the height h

above the water line in m or cm - and how much will be below the water line, with and without added loads.

Calculations involving hypothetical loads, including very heavy loads, are of course crucial in establishing the possibilities and uses

of this boat, including uses in disaster situations. There are many other possible uses, which will require extended comment and explanation.

Notes on some polymers which have potential uses, important uses, in the construction of the system.

Structure of the isocyanurate group (polyols shown as R-group) in the polymer polyisocyanurate, a valuable polymer for buoyancy uses.

The image below shows a synthesis reaction in the manufacture of polyurethane, another valuable polymer for buoyancy uses. Unlike polyethene

and polystyrene, polyurethane is a group of polymers. This polymer is an alternating chain of two monomers. The starting materials for the manufacture of

polyisocyanurate are similar to those used in the manufacture of polyurethane.

The macromolecular and polymolecular level determines and explains the very wide range of properties and applications of polyurethanes,

rigid and flexible, with different degrees of water absorption, their value as insulation materials and buoyancy materials: the polymers

very useful in providing buoyancy for the boat are also very useful insulators, and can readily be used for insulation in applications
where the components can readily be removed, and replaced as needed. The versatility of polymers contributes very significantly to

the versatility of this particular practical application.

This is a complex structure diagram for an organic polymer, lignin from a softwood. Lignin makes up 30% of terrestrial carbon (non-fossil)

and up to 35% of the dry mass of wood. This is a group of heterogeneous polymers synthesized from a few precursor molecules,

lignols, all derived from phenylpropane. Varied and extensive crosslinking between the lignols accounts for the heterogeneity of lignin.

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Below, further scientific and other images

There's a wide-ranging page on the site which gives the many advantages of living in Sheffield, or some of the many advantages: Sheffield Dales. There are also pages which outline the case against - Sheffield: disadvantages and disillusionment.

PHD, Paul Hurt Design offers genuine innovation, practicality and a concern for aesthetics and the environment in the design and construction of

Agricultural growing systems, as in the invention which has now been awarded a Patent in the United States. Further information:

vineyard-orchard-polytunnel-growing-system and US Official Patent Document

New Window-Door System is a radical system with a very wide range of applications, from small-scale domestic applications to industrial and large-scale architectural applications. It offers unparalleled opportunities to install, very quickly, different surfaces in window spaces which optimize insulation in cold weather, optimize air flow in hot weather, to reduce or eliminate reliance upon air-conditioning installations and allow the insertion of surfaces to achieve wide-ranging benefits, including benefits in security, in fire control, and benefits in storage and provision of working facilities inside homes, offices, workshops and factories.

New roofing-walling-system has the potential to achieve massive benefits in mitigation of flooding, water collection and storage on a large scale to address the problem of drought and to reduce reliance upon mains water, and a range of other benefits, including fire safety.

Other innovations - there's information about most of these on the page PHD New - but it includes less recent work as well):

A variety of water-collecting surfaces, directing water to
storage containers, a pond or directly to plants.

Greenhouses - greenhouses with presence, flexible, adaptable, with large, removable panels to lower the internal temperature during heat waves and to allow natural precipitation to water the crops in the greenhouse, reducing reliance on mains water, with water-collecting surfaces to conserve water.
Implementing green roofs, eg, the roof of an extension to the PHD Greenhouse, using grape vines / hop plants, with no need for bulky, heavy soil or compost.

New bed-and-board systems in gardens / allotments, with many advantages, including huge flexibility: boards can be quickly removed and replaced, beds can be modified very easily, become larger or smaller, growing areas can be divided into beds or not. When large, open areas are chosen, water-collecting surfaces can easily be installed, if the areas are on a slope.
A lightweight metal system allowing quick construction of various garden / small farm structures for plant protection and support.
A solar composter, speeding up production of compost by the greenhouse effect.
A solar wood store, speeding up the drying of wood for efficient burning in wood stoves.

Wildlife aids - a bird table, swift nesting boxes of various designs, all very different from existing designs. The swift boxes are easily constructed, easily installed at a height without a ladder, from inside the property - taking hardly any time.
Hydraulic machinery for log splitting / apple pressing, elegant, useful furniture when not in use.
Other domestic furniture- a table, a bookcase, storage systems - distinctive designs, not copies.
A radical new roofing system, allowing inclined roofs (including water collecting roofs) to be constructed as easily as flat roofs, within (not above) a new walling system.
Workbenches for woodworking / metalworking, easy to construct, easy to dismantle, easy to move from place to place, but solid and immovable in use, with ample storage space and versatile working surfaces.
A vice for woodworking, with pressure exerted by a ratchet strap, not a screw thread.
Van to Campervan conversions which can be implemented easily and are cost-effective, practical and harmonious.
Van to Display Unit conversions, using telescopic and other components, in particular display boards. The boards can display material of many different kinds, e.g. campaigning images and text, advertizing material. The displays are static, for use when the van is parked, not moving.
Simple aids to moving heavy loads up slopes and on level ground, in gardens / allotments.
Simple aids to safety in sheet metal work.

Page-travel: new techniques in Website navigation introduces innovations in navigation within the page and between pages, in particular the vertical rail on the left side of all the pages of the site. This, like horizontal rails, can have many uses, in particular, for navigation within the page. The presence of a vertical rail helps to unify the page, to remove the feeling that the user is going into remote parts, in the case of very long pages. Website navigation has linkages with travelling in an area or travelling to more distant places.

None of my activities in connection with this site, with my design and construction work or my work in growing have ever earned me any money. My work has been carried out for personal reasons but with the hope of giving wider benefits. I've no idea if my work will ever earn me anything. I prefer to focus my attention on other things. There are many, many demands on my time.

Linkages and {themes} as well as contrasts underlie to a greater or lesser extent most of this site. I stress methods, techniques, ideas, concepts, values that are common to very different fields of activity, often ones which unify, and not only in design / construction but far more widely - the project TTL, 'Theme, Theory, Practice.'

A project which is a substantial part of my work, in the field of comparative literature: 'literature, broadly defined, and other spheres of human activity, including history, politics, philosophy, art and science' and in multiple languages. Work in the field of poetic technique and innovation in poetics is a separate, linked project.

One interest of mine, music, has no coverage in any detail. I do include brief information about some writing of mine on an aspect of violin technique. It was included in a violin concerto which received its world premiere at a Proms concert at the Royal Albert Hall. The concerto includes text as well as the music, obviously the main component of the work. I had studied with the Hungarian violinist Rudolf Botta, commemorated by the concerto. Before switching to the violin and viola, I was a cellist, and played the cello in an orchestra which included professional players, the members of 'The Lindsays' (The Lindsay String Quartet.)

I give far more coverage to drama on the site. The drama section includes a play script - a comedy with overtones. The play was successfully staged for paying audiences. I wrote the play and I was the director for the performances. The play is about a boxer who is pressurized into becoming a concert violinist by his mother and an agent, with a wide range of other characters and a wide range of settings. I played the part of the boxer-turned-violinist. The play is on the page Play Script with Introduction. The introduction is comprehensive.