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In memory of a graphic designer who reportedly died this morning:
For a place where entertainment is not God* — This post was suggested by a passage in the Prasna Upanishad : “That person who is to be known, he…
From the Her screenplay: SAMANTHA His name is Alan Watts. Do you know him? THEODORE Why’s that name familiar? SAMANTHA He was a philosopher. He died in the 1970’s and…
… Continues. A post by Margaret Soltan this morning: Links (in blue) from the above post: Cane and Mondo Cane. Bagger Vance — “Time for you to see the…
Nietzsche in Switzerland — “In August 1884, he wrote to Resa von Schirnhofer: ‘Here one can live well, in this strong, bright atmosphere, here where nature is amazingly mild…
For instance: See Log24 instances of the above Binoche image, as well as other posts on Binoche + Bleu .
From a song discussed in yesterday’s online NY Times : “Blue, blue, my love is blue.”* Trigger warning from SNL’s Weekend Update on April 12, 2014: “It was…
(Continued from previous post, Clue) The quoted lyric is not by Elliot Rodger, but rather by Don Henley in his 1995 album “Actual Miles: Henley’s Greatest Hits.” See…
Arts & Letters Daily today — New Books What makes a novel worth reading: All sorts of people can do justice to that subject. Academics, however, haven’t a…
From a spring 2004 Michigan State University syllabus for the T-Th course English 487, “The Twentieth Century English Novel”— Tuesday, March 30: Murdoch (her essay “ The Sublime and…