Simen
Born in Norway, currently living in Paris. Sometimes to be found at one of the clubs there (usually Lescot or Trois arts), also occationally dropping by KGS under the handle Kyrielle. Alas, I've had precious little time to play go the last few years. I've been oscillating between 7k and 8k for as long as I care to remember. The beauty of the game never ceases to boggle my mind, though. And I think getting better at the game is a goal in itself since it heightens your appreciation of what is going on on the board. I enjoy playing through (mostly old) game records, for example; and enjoy it more and more as I slowly progress.
Don't know how much I can contribute to SL. My go trivia is big enough that I sometimes find holes to fill; as for serious (theoretical) content, I constantly lose myself in all the wrong variations as soon as I try to exhaust a pattern on the board. It's bound to come out a mess. :(
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"Every stone is unique, just like rain drops are unique."
I saw this quote on a go server the other day -- I think it is now my personal motto. I don't know if the person quoted was being ironic or not, but the more I consider the quote, the more I actually tend to agree :) Picking out one of my favorite books from the shelf ("Et hvilket som helst glass vann" by the sadly untranslated Svein Jarvoll), I immideately find the quote I'm looking for. Jarvoll quotes the philosopher Duns Scotus on his idea of haecceitas: "Duo poma in uno arbore non habent eundem aspectum ad coelum" ("Two apples on one tree do not have the same view of the sky." (Or if you will: "Two go stones on one board do not have the same orientation towards tengen." (I imagine hearing someone say: what about for example certain parallel fuseki patterns, and I guess I don't have a good answer to that, but I'm losing myself in digressions anyway, so I'll just stop here.)))