June 2011
3 posts
Top 100 words and phrases to avoid →
nevver:
1. It’s the economy, stupid. 2. A week is a long time in politics. Or variants thereof, such as, “If a week is a long time in politics then a month seems an eternity.” 3. What part of x don’t you understand? Although this one seems to have nearly died out already. 4. Way beyond, or way more. 5. Any time soon. 6. “Events, dear boy, events.” (Except as the name of an excellent...
May 2011
5 posts
Kite Song. Rosie Thomas.
We travelers, walking to the sun, can’t see
Ahead, but looking back the very light
That blinded us shows us the way we came,
Along which blessings now appear, risen
As if from sightlessness to sight, and we,
By blessing brightly lit, keep going toward
That blessed light that yet to us is dark.
-Wendell Berry
April 2011
6 posts
The woods and pastures are joyous
in their abundance now
in a season of warmth and much rain.
We walk amidst foliage, amidst
song. The sheep and cattle graze
like souls in bliss (except for flies)
and lie down satisfied. Who now
can believe in winter? In winter
who could have hoped for this?
-Wendell Berry
The Well of Grief
Those who will not slip beneath the still surface on the well of grief
turning downward through its black water to the place we cannot breathe
will never know the source from which we drink, the secret water, cold and clear,
nor find in the darkness glimmering the small round coins thrown by those who wished for something else.
— David...
March 2011
1 post
February 2011
2 posts
January 2011
10 posts
November 2010
3 posts
October 2010
4 posts
Anders Peterson reflecting on his three year...
JHE: The clock is ticking.
AP: Absolutely. If you have visions, if you have a goal--then you'd better hurry up. It's up to you. You make the choice to act; you can't blame anyone else if you don't. You think about this when you walk those corridors, when you sit down with these old people. What became very distinct and present for me were the dreams, the secrets, and the longings that these old people had. It was like coming home to a family of children. They were so innocent, so vulnerable.
JHE: Had they "let go" in some way?
AP: Yes. Maybe you could say that.
September 2010
11 posts
Please be a broken record for me...
I’ve finally found a bit of a rhythm in my work. It’s been great to stumble upon some new ideas, and flush out some old ones. It’s been great to have a space to work in, as well as the discipline to spend time with my work. My professors always talked about discipline as one of the most important parts of artistic practice. I’m finally starting to scratch the surface of...
“Gentlemen, why in heaven’s name this haste? You have time enough. No enemy threatens you. No volcano will rise from beneath you. Ages and ages lie before you. Why sacrifice the present to the future, fancying that you will be happier when your fields teem with wealth and your cities with people? In Europe we have cities wealthier and more populous than yours, and we are not happy. You dream of...
August 2010
1 post
July 2010
1 post
February 2010
1 post
“To start out by playing develops courage, leads in a natural manner to an inventive way of building and furthers the facility of discovery.”
-Josef Albers
January 2010
2 posts
