August 29, 2008
August 28, 2008
August 27, 2008
August 22, 2008
on trains and lazy blogging
"The sound of an approaching train awoke him, and he started to his feet, remembering only his resolution, and afraid lest he should be too late. He stood watching the approaching locomotive, his teeth chattering, his lips drawn away from them in a frightened smile; once or twice he glanced nervously sidewise, as though he were being watched. When the right moment came, he jumped. As he fell, the folly of his haste occurred to him with merciless clearness, the vastness of what he had left undone. There flashed through his brain, clearer than ever before, the blue of Adriatic water, the yellow of Algerian sands....and Paul dropped back into the immense design of things."
from "Paul's Case: A Study in Temperament" by Willa Cather, one of my favorite short stories. Are short stories more effective as literature than novels? They are for me - due primarily to a deficit of reading persistence.
This one's a half-hour read, click above if so inclined.
I dig the last phrase: back into the immense design of things.
"What is that, some sort of Eastern thing?" - The Dude
August 01, 2008
No difference between who I am and who I could be.
Realization that you already know this: a
Stealth train, relentlessly crushing my mind.
Abandonment and acceptance: not a destination,
Only a deserted track with no end.
Hope? All I can achieve is to forget.
Power to become more than I can be
Does not come from me.
It comes from you.
Realization that you already know this: a
Stealth train, relentlessly crushing my mind.
Abandonment and acceptance: not a destination,
Only a deserted track with no end.
Hope? All I can achieve is to forget.
Power to become more than I can be
Does not come from me.
It comes from you.
July 13, 2008
photos i didn't take
one of food i didn't eat: parisian shellfish
pumpkin portraiture
everything burns
especially eggplant parmesan in the shiny pan [delicious]
$25 per methane producing, dry-aged pound
[lobsters]
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| From big steps + l... |
pumpkin portraiture
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| From big steps + l... |
everything burns
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| From big steps + l... |
especially eggplant parmesan in the shiny pan [delicious]
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| From big steps + l... |
$25 per methane producing, dry-aged pound
 |
| From big steps + l... |
[lobsters]
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| From big steps + l... |
June 22, 2008
June 19, 2008
guilty cognition
come on, max,
say you're sorry.
i'm sorry.
it's only me, it's not my mind.
said max, the single-celled organism.
June 18, 2008
an·thro·po·cen·tric - adjective
- Regarding humans as the central element of the universe.
- Interpreting reality exclusively in terms of human values and experience.
June 07, 2008
occupy
fear explodes
distraction turns to ash
no key unchains self from me
thunderstorms and morning light
a thread stitching all things
whispering, "I miss you"
and it won't stop
I won't let it
distraction turns to ash
no key unchains self from me
thunderstorms and morning light
a thread stitching all things
whispering, "I miss you"
and it won't stop
I won't let it
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