January 2010
“The fact that we cannot manage to achieve more than an unstable grasp of reality...”
– Roland Barthes, from Mythologies (via hotelnewbabylon)
Salvador Dali
“A strong factor in Dali’s ostracism from the critical fold was always his exhibitionism: the absurd moustachios, the gigolo manner, the preposterous English in which he yoked together rhinoceros horns and concepts from nuclear physics, his department-store window stunts, his playing up to the American news media, his strangely asexual devotion to his wife, Gala (‘she has the...
December 2009
“On Dec. 31, 1946, President Harry S. Truman officially proclaimed the end of...”
“Tip for 2010: If you’re planning to hit the gym on January 2, you might want to...”
The creative Process
“The more we create, the more we love and lose those whom we love, the more we escape from death. With every new work we round and finish, we escape into the work we have created, the soul we have loved, the soul that has left us. When all is told, Rome is not in Rome; the best of a man lies outside himself.”
—Romain Rolland
“St John Chrysostom
When we once begin to form good resolutions, God gives us...”
Dark Pines Under Water
Dark Pines Under Water Gwendolyn MacEwen 1941 - 1987
This land like a mirror turns you inward And you become a forest in a furtive lake; The dark pines of your mind reach downward, You dream in the green of your time, Your memory is a row of sinking pines.
Explorer, you tell yourself this is not what you came for Although it is good here, and green; You had meant to move with a kind of...
““I Hope I’m Not Here Next Year,” from 1970, begins: “I’ll say / the one nice...”
“New Year wishes
Minnie L. Haskins
And I said to the man who stood at the gate...”
“G. K. Chesterton
The object of a New Year is not that we should have a new...”
“americanlowelife started following you
thanks for the follow..welcome to my...”
“P. J. O’Rourke
The proper behavior all through the holiday season is to...”
“Xmas learning curve
“79 is the number of tiny chocolate-covered pretzels one...”
Stereotyping People by Their Favorite Author,... →
expecto-patronum:
smellslikeroses:motels:
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J.D. Salinger
Kids who don’t fit in (duh).
Stephanie Meyer
People who type like this: OMG. Mah fAvvv <3 <3.
J.K. Rowling
Smart geeks.
Jeffrey Eugenides
Girls who didn’t get enough drama when they were younger.
Jonathan Safran Foer
30somethings who were cool when they were...
“Americans would most like to live next door to the Obama family. But a reality...”
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“You don’t know how to drink. Your whole generation, you drink for the wrong...”
– Roger Sterling (via schbank)
