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Harvard Cinco de Mayo

… And Some Not So Live — "Here was finality indeed, and cleavage!" — Under the Volcano

Paz

"At the point of convergence the play of similarities and differences cancels itself out in order that  identity alone may shine forth.  The illusion of motionlessness, the play…

Dark to Dark

(A sequel to the previous post) From this morning's New York Times — "Thomas R. Shepard Jr., who as the last publisher of Look  magazine oversaw its sudden and…

Light to Light

From yesterday — Another remark on "still light" —                                       " ….

Das Scheinen

The title of Saturday night's post, "Die Scheinung ," is taken from a 1920 book on a German poet, where "Scheinung " is associated with "Maja ," a German spelling of a…

In Memoriam

For the author of Dances with Wolves —

Die Scheinung

See also Die Scheinung  in this journal.

Dr. Heidegger's Experiment

From a tale by Nathaniel Hawthorne — "Did you never hear of the 'Fountain of Youth'?" asked Dr. Heidegger, "which Ponce de Leon, the Spanish adventurer, went in search of two…

Shining Through

A Look  magazine article of July 18, 1950, "Working Debutante," had photos of Betsy von Furstenberg by Stanley Kubrick.

Meditation on an Icon

See also Legespiel  in this journal.