Wed 16 Dec 2020

Cheat

Posted by PJ under faking, quote of the day, thoughtlessness
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Random quote of the day:

“There are many people who reach their conclusions about life like schoolboys; they cheat their master by copying the answer out of a book without having worked out the sum for themselves.”

—Søren Kierkegaard, Journal, January 17, 1837

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Tue 15 Dec 2020

Dark

Posted by PJ under darkness, poetry, quote of the day
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Random quote of the day:

“The problem is not whether the song will continue, but whether a dark space can be found where the notes can resonate.

—Robert Bly, Preface, Selected Poems of Rainer Maria Rilke

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Mon 14 Dec 2020

Art and Lucy

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I found a stash of really old postcards. Inspired by the wonderful Twitter account @ PastPostcard I thought I’d post them here now and again. It’s fascinating to get these glimpses of worlds and people gone by.

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Mon 14 Dec 2020

Critic

Posted by PJ under books, criticism, quote of the day, writing
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Random quote of the day:

“A critic can only review the book he has read, not the one which the writer wrote.”

—Mignon McLaughlin, The Neurotic’s Notebook

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Fri 11 Dec 2020

Barter

Posted by PJ under ecstasy, life, quote of the day
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Random quote of the day:

Barter

Life has loveliness to sell—
   All beautiful and splendid things,
Blue waves whitened on a cliff,
   Climbing fire that sways and sings,
And children’s faces looking up
Holding wonder like a cup.

Life has loveliness to sell—
   Music like a curve of gold,
Scent of pine trees in the rain,
   Eyes that love you, arms that hold,
And for your spirit’s still delight,
Holy thoughts that star the night.

Spend all you have for loveliness,
   Buy it and never count the cost;
For one white singing hour of peace
   Count many a year of strife well lost,
And for a breath of ecstasy
Give all you have been or could be.

—Sara Teasdale

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Thu 10 Dec 2020

Leaves

Posted by PJ under poetry, quote of the day, transcendence
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Random quote of the day:

Old Man Leaves Party

It was clear when I left the party
That though I was over eighty I still had
A beautiful body. The moon shone down as it will
On moments of deep introspection. The wind held its breath.
And look, somebody left a mirror leaning against a tree.
Making sure that I was alone, I took off my shirt.
The flowers of bear grass nodded their moonwashed heads.
I took off my pants and the magpies circled the redwoods.
Down in the valley the creaking river was flowing once more.
How strange that I should stand in the wilds alone with my body.
I know what you are thinking. I was like you once. But now
With so much before me, so many emerald trees, and
Weed-whitened fields, mountains and lakes, how could I not
Be only myself, this dream of flesh, from moment to moment?

—Mark Strand

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Wed 9 Dec 2020

Leaks

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Random quote of the day:

“The house of the loud talker leaks.”

—Zulu proverb

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Mon 7 Dec 2020

Elsie and Fred

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He worked for decades as a property master at one of the major film studios, often on location, sometimes mundane, sometimes exotic. He didn’t have much good to say about the stars he worked with—except Elvis. He loved Elvis. “A real gentleman,” he used to say. But he loathed Marlon Brando, having once spent seven months in Tahiti filming Mutiny on the Bounty. He came back with a bunch of vinyl albums of Tahitian music, a man’s ceremonial headdress, and a long cloth Polynesian print skirt. Normally quiet and ultra-taciturn, when they had one of their many backyard parties and he’d had sufficient alcohol, he’d strip off his pants and shoes, don his Tahitian headdress and skirt (usually with an Izod t-shirt), put on the records, and do his Scottish white guy version of Tahitian male dancing. The parties usually broke up soon after. She stayed home, socializing with her many friends, doing craft projects and helping friends in need, spoiling the little girl who lived next door who she treated like a granddaughter, tending to the house, tending to the herds of dogs they had—mostly Scotties with the occasional mutt thrown in—and generally having a good time. She was much quieter when he was home. Sometimes when he was not on location she’d go on vacation with her friends and leave him to tend the house and the dogs. He really loved his dogs.

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Mon 7 Dec 2020

Sentence

Posted by PJ under life, quote of the day, work
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Random quote of the day:

“Many men would take the death-sentence without a whimper, to escape the life-sentence which fate carries in her other hand.”

—T. E. Lawrence, The Mint

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Fri 4 Dec 2020

Silence

Posted by PJ under gods, quote of the day, silence
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Random quote of the day:

“God is the silence of the universe, and man is the cry that gives meaning to that silence.”

—José Saramago, Lanzorote Notebooks

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