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Monthly Archives: September 2006
Tolerance
It sounds better to title this post positively than to say what it’s really about: my intolerance. The common adage is that as one grows older one grows more intolerant. But when I was younger I was already extremely intolerant. … Continue reading
Seu Jorge
I miss being really happy. More particularly I miss the kind of carefree happiness that I should have cherished a lot more when I was younger. For a few minutes today, though, I felt that again while listening to Seo … Continue reading
Tagged Music
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His Comedic Expertise
John Hodgman’s book The Areas of My Expertise is, for my money, one of the funniest books I’ve ever read. Go buy it. Now, courtesy of Wet Asphalt (really I’m ripping their entire post sans a cool extra tidbit you’ll … Continue reading
Tagged Humor
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9/11 and Breughel
Scott Rosenberg draws a connection between a Breughel and a photo taken on 9/11. He also points to one of my favorite Auden poems about the painting: Musee des Beaux Arts. The parallel between my feelings about 9/11 and the … Continue reading
Living Intentionally
I came across this phrase today– living intentionally– that had never really registered with me in the past (perhaps because I am allergic to self-help books) but is a perfect summation of what all my recent lifestyle changes are about. … Continue reading
Tagged life, poetics, Psyche, Writing
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37days
My discovery today (I’d be upset it took me so long except that just means I have a huge archive of wonderful stuff to read through): 37days. You can read about the blog if you want, but “write like hell” … Continue reading
Tagged books, life, Philosophy
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A Thought on 9/11
Thomas Merton: Hence it becomes more and more difficult to estimate the morality of an act leading to war because it is more and more difficult to know precisely what is going on. Not only is war increasingly a matter … Continue reading
Tagged history, politics, thomas merton
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Lost Memory (video)
Lost Memory is a haunting video– almost a tone poem– pairing lost archival home movie footage with the perfect musical soundtrack.
Memorizing Poems
Lately I’ve started memorizing poems– just short, favorite, mostly rhyming poems that I’ve always loved by Shelley, Hopkins, Cummings, etc. It started as something to do during the interminable walks I’ve started going on in an attempt to work some … Continue reading
Tagged creativity, memorization, ozymandias, poetry, repetition, shelley
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