I'm reading the book for general interest and life inspiration, rather than to improve my (infrequent) photography, but a) I'm fond of lists b) I thought listing the greatest things in life might help me prioritise how I spend mine and c) I can't find any reference to this exercise online and I think that's a shame because I think it would be interesting to see how different people's lists compare (imagine how cool it would be to read the lists of people you admire) and how people's lists change over time.
So, in possibly the most on-the-spectrum thing I've ever done, here's my list of the 50 greatest things in life, in order of sheer pleasure-giving power (as opposed to, say, the eradication of small pox, which, although indeed great, has never sent a shiver up my spine):
- Sex
- [Redacted pending legalisation]
- Love
- Sunlight (felt)
- The anticipation of / start of a night out
- Women (appearance of)
- Good writing
- Synth
- Colour
- Uncrowded swimming
- Sunlight (seen)
- Water (sight of)
- Other natural vistas
- Beer
- Electric guitar
- Drumming
- Blues guitar
- Wine
- The look of Michael Mann's films
- Lamb kebabs
- Rum
- Clusters of skyscrapers
- Bass
- Barbecue
- Sitting in a field
- Shelves of books
- Racks of magazines
- An unexplored city
- Getting into bed tired
- Playing football
- Crisp mornings
- Quiet
- Good coffee
- Identifying with a tragi-comic fictional character's chagrin at the shitness of things
- Neon
- Running
- Flowers
- Buffalo sauce
- Good tea
- Hunter S Thompson
- The concepts of JG Ballard
- The hard-boiled noir style
- Whiskey
- A cold glass of water on a hot day
- Hokusai woodcuts
- Burnished metal
- Staircases
- Glass
- Wood
- Heft
I basically came up with this list in an afternoon, so it might change over the next few days and / or a longer period.
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