05.07.18
"To show things for what they are and what else they are."
"To show things for what they are and what else they are."
—Minor White, paraphrased
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let the roots dangle
04.19.18
whatever you have to say, leave the roots on,
let them
dangle
And the dirt
Just to make clear
where they come from—
whatever you have to say, leave the roots on,
let them
dangle
And the dirt
Just to make clear
where they come from—
—Charles Olson
as quoted in Ralph Maud's What Does Not Change: the Significance of Charles Olson's "The Kingfishers"
as quoted in Ralph Maud's What Does Not Change: the Significance of Charles Olson's "The Kingfishers"
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everything we call real
03.24.18
“Everything we call real is made of things that cannot be regarded as real.”
“Everything we call real is made of things that cannot be regarded as real.”
—Niels Bohr as cited by Karan Barad
in Meeting the Universe Halfway: Quantum Physics and the Entanglement of Matter and Meaning
in Meeting the Universe Halfway: Quantum Physics and the Entanglement of Matter and Meaning
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a book of spells
03.10.18
“A proper dictionary is a book of spells.”
“A proper dictionary is a book of spells.”
—Jeanette Winterson
from an interview with the New York Times
from an interview with the New York Times
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three levels
02.25.18
“Work on a good piece of writing proceeds on three levels: a musical one, where it is composed; an architectural one, where it is constructed; and finally, a textile one, where it is woven.”
“Work on a good piece of writing proceeds on three levels: a musical one, where it is composed; an architectural one, where it is constructed; and finally, a textile one, where it is woven.”
—Walter Benjamin
from One Way Street
from One Way Street
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questions hidden by answers
02.10.18
“The purpose of art is to lay bare the questions which have been hidden by answers.”
“The purpose of art is to lay bare the questions which have been hidden by answers.”
—widely attributed to James Baldwin
original context unclear
original context unclear
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glass of water
01.23.18
“There’s only one person who needs a glass of water oftener than a small child tucked in for the night, and that’s a writer sitting down to write.”
“There’s only one person who needs a glass of water oftener than a small child tucked in for the night, and that’s a writer sitting down to write.”
—Mignon McLaughlin
original context unclear
original context unclear
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reality tolerance
12.29.17
“No artist tolerates reality.”
“No artist tolerates reality.”
—Friedrich Nietzsche
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a wise reader
12.11.17
“A wise reader reads . . . not with his heart, not so much with his brain, but with his spine.”
“A wise reader reads . . . not with his heart, not so much with his brain, but with his spine.”
—Vladimir Nabokov
from “Good Readers and Good Writers”
from “Good Readers and Good Writers”
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