December 2011
36 posts
“Every reader, as he reads, is actually the reader of himself. The writer’s work...”
– Marcel Proust (via fleim)
“Literature adds to reality, it does not simply describe it. It enriches the...”
– C. S. Lewis (via ermarty)
Ann's Holiday Sketch →
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Japanese Horror →
“The man in front opened the door, lead us in, went back out, and slammed the door shut. The first thing I remember is an extremely dark room that seemed to go on forever – a void in all directions. There were faint sounds of crying in the distance but it was so dark and huge that I had no idea where they were coming from. My dad had left his glasses back at home, so I had to lead him...
Origins by Tennis
Journeys →
On leaving as one person and returning as another.
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Vintage Postcards →
Take a break from whatever you’re doing and check out these old-fashioned postcards!
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How To Get From A to B →
Christian Kluge kicks off this month’s TRAVEL theme week-
“The first thing you have to think of when traveling is how to travel.”
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Haikus From A Workweek →
Or, Odes to an Office Cat
I spent a few weeks this summer interning at a graphic design firm. The most exciting thing about my job was that they had an office cat. Its name was Charcoal, it was black, and it hated me.
Here are a few haikus I wrote to escape the boredom of pretending to know how to use Adobe Illustrator.
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Writing haikus to
escape my dreary workday.
Oh, let me leave now.
...
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Allure of Alice →
“Getting home that night, I kept thinking, ‘What is it about her that is such a commanding presence?’ I talked to a few of my friends about their experiences with Crystal Castles. One said that they saw her at a community show a long time ago where Alice had crowd surfed while holding a 40 of Jack Daniel’s that poured down people’s throats. My other friend said that when she saw...
Congratulations to Kolleen for getting into...
Danny Boy →
A photo series of Danny Oliver by the lovely Rachel Hardwick
Issues on Intimacy →
“As she let me go, I broke eye contact, stepped back and muttered an utterly forgettable response. I think it says something about the world we live in that quiet moments like the one my former lit teacher and I shared still remain so chilling and intimate. Letting someone I’ve known for years, someone who has seen me stumble onto my current path and has even helped me on my journey...
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Books and Funerals and Clothes →
I’ve been sleeping so strange
with these crazy dreams
that are more like novels
(in this room where I’ve run out of shelf space);
dreams I forget, having internalized them in my sleep
until I remember them days later, and have to remind myself
that they never really happened.
by Ellisa Goldberg
Understanding →
So if you ever think that you have nothing to offer, remember that you are a piece of the puzzle. Something you do will touch someone, whether or not you mean it to and whether or not you know it. So keep making art, keep writing, keep performing, keep researching – and above all, keep meeting people, keep talking. Someone is out there, waiting for the right person to come along and appreciate...
The 45 Most Powerful Images of 2011 →
Bury Me. →
A poem by Sean Lamonby
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Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We... →
Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going? by Paul Gauguin explores birth, life, death; and his eternal struggle with the meaning of existence. Its title in French (D’où Venons Nous / Que Sommes Nous / Où Allons Nous) is inscribed on the top left corner of the painting.
The painting should be read from right to left – from the newborn baby, to the central figures picking and eating...