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“sujeito de sorte” — belchior

Sun, 19 May 2013 21:17:57 -0400

“sujeito de sorte” — belchior

self-portrait as giallo murderer

Fri, 17 May 2013 22:04:26 -0400

self-portrait as giallo murderer

"Taxis below And angels above Are impatient. At one and the same time They call me With a terrible..."

Thu, 16 May 2013 20:36:00 -0400

“

Taxis below
And angels above
Are impatient.
At one and the same time
They call me
With a terrible voice.

I’m coming, I am
Coming,
I’m coming down,
I’m coming up!

”

- “They Call Me”, Yehuda Amichai (translated by Assia Gutmann)

"mi vida es un decurso de ceremonias incumplidas no enterré a mis padres no tuve hijos no tengo por..."

Thu, 16 May 2013 01:55:15 -0400

“

mi vida es un decurso de ceremonias incumplidas
no enterré a mis padres
no tuve hijos
no tengo por delante un abismo en el cual perder mi vida
no pasé de la casa de un hombre a la de otro

en silencio el verdadero
que me sostiene detrás de tanto ruido
preparo una eternidad

esa foto tomada por la amistad de tus ojos
la ceremonia no fallida de mi vida
siempre dirá que estuve viva en un lugar que amaba

”

- “Una foto del momento”, Juana Bignozzi (in “La Ley tu Ley”)

excerpted from Yehuda Amichai’s “To Summon...

Thu, 16 May 2013 01:51:49 -0400

excerpted from Yehuda Amichai’s “To Summon Witnesses” (translated by Assia Gutmann)

“shelia” — atlas sound goldteefthief: ‘cos no...

Mon, 13 May 2013 21:34:36 -0400

“shelia” — atlas sound

goldteefthief:

‘cos no one wants to die alone…

Michel Deguy (translated by Clayton Eshleman)

Mon, 13 May 2013 13:49:25 -0400

Michel Deguy (translated by Clayton Eshleman)

"Poetry is the weeping eye it is the weeping shoulder the weeping eye of the shoulder it is the..."

Mon, 13 May 2013 13:46:11 -0400

“Poetry is the weeping eye
it is the weeping shoulder
the weeping eye of the shoulder
it is the weeping hand
the weeping eye of the hand
it is the weeping soul
the weeping eye of the heel.
Oh, you friends,
poetry is not a tear
it is the weeping itself
the weeping of an uninvented eye
the tear of the eye
of the one who must be beautiful
of the one who must be happy.”

- “Poetry”, Nichita Stănescu (translated by Thomas Carlson and Vasile Poenaru)

"Madame von Bartmann laughed again, but stopped abruptly. ‘Life’, she said, ‘is filthy; it is also..."

Mon, 13 May 2013 13:42:38 -0400

“Madame von Bartmann laughed again, but stopped abruptly.
‘Life’, she said, ‘is filthy; it is also frightful. There is everything in it: murder, pain, beauty, disease – death. Do you know this?’
The child answered, ‘Yes.’
‘How do you know?’
The child answered again, ‘I don’t know.’
‘You see!’ Madame von Bartmann went on, ‘you know nothing. You must know everything, and then begin. You must have a great understanding, or accomplish a fall. Horses hurry you away from danger; trains bring you back. Paintings give the heart a mortal pang – they hung over a man you loved and perhaps murdered in his bed. Flowers hearse up the heart because a child was buried in them. Music incites to the terror of repetition. The cross-roads are where lovers vow, and taverns are for thieves. Contemplation leads to prejudice; and beds are fields where babies fight a losing battle. Do you know all this?’
There was no answer from the dark.
‘Man is rotten from the start,’ Madame von Bartmann continued. ‘Rotten with virtue and with vice. He is strangled by the two and made nothing; and God is the light the mortal insect kindled, to turn to, and to die by. That is very wise, but it must not be misunderstood. I do not want you to turn your nose up to any whore in any street; pray and wallow and cease, but without prejudice. A murderer may have less prejudice than a saint; sometimes it is better to be a saint. Do not be vain about your indifference, should you be possessed of indifference; and don’t’, she said, ‘misconceive the value of your passions; it is only seasoning to the whole horror. I wish—’ She did not finish, but quietly took her pocket handkerchief and silently dried her eyes.
‘What?’ the child asked from the darkness.
Madame von Bartmann shivered. ‘Are you thinking?’ she said.
‘No,’ the child answered.
‘Then think,’ Madame von Bartmann said loudly, turning to the child. ‘Think everything good, bad, indifferent; everything, and do everything, everything! Try to know what you are before you die. And,’ she said, putting her head back and swallowing with shut eyes, ‘come back to me a good woman’.”

- an excerpt from Djuna Barnes’ short story “Aller et Retour”, in “Spillway”.

lecollecteur: Joni Mitchell “In Concert” live at the BBC in...

Sat, 11 May 2013 01:02:17 -0400

lecollecteur:

Joni Mitchell “In Concert” live at the BBC in 1970.

00:00 Chelsea Morning 03:17 Cactus Tree 08:13 My Old Man 11:40For Free 18:08 California 22:58 Big Yellow Taxi 25:58 Both Sides Now

“the game” — dory previn

Fri, 10 May 2013 02:31:43 -0400

“the game” — dory previn

iheartmyart: Charles Ray, The Examination, 1984, painted steel...

Fri, 10 May 2013 02:20:21 -0400

iheartmyart:

Charles Ray, The Examination, 1984, painted steel and human body, 36 x 24 x 54 inches, 91 x 61 x 137 centimeters

“the soft touch” — henry mancini

Tue, 07 May 2013 03:36:34 -0400

“the soft touch” — henry mancini

“baba yaga”, 1973, corrado farina

Mon, 06 May 2013 19:25:39 -0400

“baba yaga”, 1973, corrado farina

“metti, una sera a cena”, patroni griffi, 1969

Sun, 28 Apr 2013 19:55:00 -0400

“metti, una sera a cena”, patroni griffi, 1969

Fallen Woman - Art Shay, 1949

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 18:29:59 -0400

Fallen Woman - Art Shay, 1949

cruiseorbecruised: Samuel Steward experimented with lighting...

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 15:29:59 -0400

cruiseorbecruised:

Samuel Steward experimented with lighting effects and timed photography. Here he creates a dramatically lit self-portrait featuring a phantasmagorical other.

one-photo-day: Harry Callahan

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 15:29:46 -0400

one-photo-day:

Harry Callahan

greeneyes55: Train Shelter 1970 Photo: Vivian Maier

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 15:29:41 -0400

greeneyes55:

Train Shelter 1970

Photo: Vivian Maier

adelinedespanet: les—mots: ‘Deleted Rauschenberg’ (2011)...

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 15:29:22 -0400

adelinedespanet:

les—mots:

‘Deleted Rauschenberg’ (2011) by Adam Cruces