December 2011
“For last year’s word belong to last year’s language
And next year’s words await...”
– T. S. Eliot, from Section II of Quartet no. 4 “Little Gidding”, in Four Quartets (with thanks to apoetreflects)
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“Even a map cannot show you
the way back to a place
that no longer exists.”
– Sandra M. Castillo, from “Christmas, 1970” (via growing-orbits)
“Recordar: To remember; from the Latin re-cordis, to pass back through the heart.”
– Eduardo Galeano, from The Book of Embraces (with thanks to leopoldgursky)
“I do love to learn. It’s all I feel like I’m ever doing. It’s...”
– Louis C.K.
From this thing here
Classic Burlesque: We Aim to Tease - Photo Gallery... →
The enduring appeal of burlesque is no mystery. The mystery is that not everyone can do it — and some do it well enough, or long enough, that they enter legend. Here, a celebration of the art … Above: Burlesque star Mary Mack, circa 1950.
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“But there should never be any apologies in art, or any overt attention-drawing...”
– Raymond Pettibon
From this interview.
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“I would love it if people were more proactive in their own lives. I feel like...”
– Mark Mothersbaugh
Important things:
The Michelin Man’s name is Bibendum.
The Pillsbury Doughboy’s name is Poppin’ Fresh. He has a wife, Poppie Fresh, and two kids, Popper and Bun Bun.
Krusty the Clown’s real name is Herschel Shmoikel Pinchas Yerucham Krustovski.
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“You create yourself in ever-changing shapes
that rise from the stuff of our...”
– Rainer Maria Rilke, from Rilke’s Book of Hours (translated by J. Macy and A. Barrows)
“From the tawny light
from the rainy nights
from the imagination finding...”
– Everything That Acts is Actual by Denise Levertov (with thanks to whiskeyriver)
Oh shit this is some good shit
I want to have a set of visions Philip K. Dick style and have pink beams talk to me.
Getting in Shape →
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I’ve only got 15 minutes left until the end so I think it’s safe to say that Velvet Goldmine is a pretty terrible movie. Good soundtrack, terrible everything else. I’ve spent the last 13 years regretting not seeing a movie that is apparently not good in the first place. Fie!
Also I have a temporary job at a chocolate shop and got a commission to make 500 bows to go around the...
bear deodorant protector →