February 2012
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“The point of art is to transform yourself through understanding. Teach yourself...”
– Miranda July (via aprill-showers)
“When everyone is being very cool, uncool becomes very important.”
– Brian Eno (via moredarkthanshark)
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“the whole point of the flâneur’s wanderings is that he does not know what he...”
– The Death of the Cyberflâneur - NYTimes.com (via johnyzuper)
This is an excellent piece that articulates well how I’ve felt about the current state of the net.
“I don’t like people who have never fallen or stumbled. Their virtue is lifeless...”
– Boris Pasternak
“I said that the more we can name what we’re seeing, the more language we have...”
– Mark Doty (source; adapted from itgivesitthew)
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“We act as though comfort and luxury were the chief requirements of life, when...”
– Albert Einstein, y’all
“Sometimes reality is too complex for oral communication”
– Alphaville, (1965)
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January 2012
47 posts
“Run like hell my dear
From anyone likely
To put a sharp knife
Into the...”
– Hafiz
luthiermark:
Even though I’m a huge Pulp fan, I never saw them back in the day. I’m not even sure why. Just never got around to it. I’ll be rectifying this situation on April 11th, when they play in the US for the first time in over a decade.
I’m happy for you, they were one of the best concerts I’ve seen… Jarvis hasn’t lost it!
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“We construct a narrative for ourselves, and that’s the thread that we follow...”
– Paul Auster
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“Do you ever have those moments where suddenly you make a quantum jump in...”
– Derrick Jensen (Endgame)
I had that moment this week.
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“Life is so very difficult. How can we be anything but kind.”
– Buddha
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“If you defer a choice long enough, that is your choice.”
– via a friend
this is hitting me hard lately
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“Love anything and your heart will be wrung and possibly broken. If you want to...”
– C.S. Lewis
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“In chaos, there is fertility.”
– Anaïs Nin (via fernsandmoss)
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“Are you the new person drawn towards me?
To begin with take warning, I am...”
– Walt Whitman, “Are You the New Person Drawn Toward Me?” (via elvis-shrugged)
“There is regret. Always, there is regret.
But it is better that our lives...”
– Philip Larkin, from “Love, We Must Part Now” (via proustitute)
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WatchGerhard Richter: Panorama (Tate Modern)
this was a fantastic, fantastic show… I want to go again in Paris.
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