Diane Ackerman –
It began in mystery, and it will end in mystery, but what a savage and beautiful country lies in between.
Emily Dickinson –
Wild Nights — Wild Nights!
Wild Nights — Wild Nights!
Were I with thee
Wild Nights should be
Our luxury!
Futile — the winds –
To a heart in port –
Done with the compass –
Done with the chart!
Rowing [...]
Archive for September, 2008
The savage and beautiful country between.
Posted in shiny things, tagged Ackerman, art, beautiful, Diane, Dickinson, Eden, em dash, Emily, heart, love, mystery, savage, wild night on September 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Art.
Posted in shiny things on September 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Fredrick Nietzsche –
The author must keep his mouth shut when his work starts to speak.
Man Ray –
Nor can any of this work be considered experimental. Art is not a science.
The Art of War.
Posted in shiny things, tagged ally, art, business, children, defeat, die, enemy, general, life, live, loss, love, rabbit, sun-tzu, troops, victory, war on September 5, 2008 | 1 Comment »
from Ralph D. Sawyer’s translation of Sun-Tzu’s The Art of War:
Now if someone is victorious in battle and succeeds in attack but does not exploit the achievement, it is disastrous, and his fate should be termed ‘wasteful and tarrying.’ Thus it is said the wise general ponders it, the good general cultivates it.
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“If [...]
Joyful Boy
Posted in shiny things, tagged acoustic, alone, Ani, art, different, DiFranco, Girl, guitar, indie, joy, Joyful, loneliness, lonely, lyric, song on September 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
From Ani DiFranco’s song Joyful Girl:
I do it for the joy it brings
‘Cause I’m a joyful girl
‘Cause the world owes me nothing
We owe each other the world
I do it ’cause it’s the least I can do
I do it ’cause I learned it from you
And I do it just because I want to, ’cause I want [...]
