Beautiful passage from John O'Donohue on the soul's shy and secretive nature.
Jenny Erpenbeck's crucial reminder in these essentializing times: Because words can never actually be the things they speak of, because they must maintain a certain distance from the things they describe, it's always possible for something to come between the word and the thing
I know that Gass’ most famous line is about transforming the world into words, but it’s still unbelievable that someone was just able to sit down and create a paragraph like this from thin air
Arthur Schopenhauer, "On Thinking for Oneself"
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The cinematic immersion in Turup (2017) is a testament to the collaborative efforts of Ektara Collective. It is made by the contribution of the crew and cast, mainly from the working class settlement...
This extraordinary piece by artist Kumi Yamashita created for the American Express office lobby in Tribeca, New York, was made using carefully creased origami paper and a single light source to sculpt the employees profiles from their photos.
Many commentators say that vigilante groups are never the answer. But they clearly don't know about the masked Ecuadorian trio named “Acción Ortográfica Quito,” who roam the streets at night with one purpose: to correct all the spelling and grammar mistakes they find in graffiti.
Kurt Vonnegut tells his wife he’s going to buy a single envelope and his explanation sums up the current state of the world.
you could say the same ignorant things about Woolf, Proust, even Lawrence. Modernism isn't about "plots" but primarily about language, images, sensibility. it's pointless to denigrate books as roughly half the US does today. let someone else teach them if you are incapable.
The best critique of Passing I ever heard was given by one of my students. “It’s like the author figured out halfway through that a novel needed a plot,” she said. “So she tried to stick one in.” She was exactly right.
The posting: "Scholars from diverse backgrounds are encouraged to apply." The department:
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