December 2010
14 posts
“There is poetry as soon as we realize that we possess nothing.”
– John Cage (via fuckyeahexistentialism)
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The Lazy Full Bright Scholars
Was it through a window? Oak-seeped
Light catholic within, a holier-than-thou
Mexican sculpture entitled Naco, visible.
I couldn’t move staring. No one
Stood on the stage playing instruments. Beyond that—
Essayists maybe? Some of them.
The rest firm as fundamentalists,
Preparing for a parade? I watched.
I recognized you first. Listening
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“Everything is more complicated than you think. You only see a tenth of what is...”
– Synecdoche, New York
(written and directed by Charlie Kaufman)
“I’d hate to be certain there was nothing. When it comes to God, I cherish doubt.”
– Louise Erdrich
Urban Omnibus » Designing the New York City Subway... →
reddestijl:
I love that this system is so complicated and popular that a panel is brought together to consider the design of their system map.
When Edmonton gets more than one line, this WILL happen.
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The Decline of Magic and the Evolution of the Catholic Dinner Party
With six couples at the table you’d think one person,
one couple, would mention the celestial juice of the Autumn Duck:
estouffade with its pomegranate; the dark mirepoix; forbidden apples miraculously sautéed in the only copper pan this side of the I don’t know where—
the forbidden forest, I suppose.
But no,...
An Existential Term a Day →
fuckyeahexistentialism:
The hedgehog’s dilemma, or sometimes the porcupine dilemma, is an analogy about the challenges of human intimacy. It describes a situation in which a group of hedgehogs all seek to become close to one another in order to share their heat during cold weather. However, once accomplished, they…
iamdooser asked: I want to see your bicycle.
Simone Weil
“Every separation is a link.”
