February 2012
8 posts
Goodbye Again
“I hate the breaking up of things.” “Well, then you must never fall in love.” “Is that true?”
“It’s the most frightening, to be alone and without love, isn’t it?” “Yes. But you’re too young to think that way.”
“I don’t really know you, but I should like to think you are happy.”
“I have...
"What Maya wants..."
“What Maya wants is nearly impossible to achieve: she wants to balance outrageous political statements with a luxe lifestyle; to be supersuccessful yet remain controversial; for style to merge with substance. ‘If you want to be huge, you have to give up a lot,’ Michelle Jubelirer, Maya’s longtime lawyer, told me. ‘Maya vacillates between wanting to be huge and maintaining...
Spoon - Vittorio E.
January 2012
16 posts
“First, state your credentials. It’s okay to be a woman, but not a black woman. Their lived experiences are immaterial and can be dismissed as merely anecdotal. Make it clear that you are not racist or sexist, you are merely concerned about their plight. What plight? Well, pick one. Or several. Marriage, children, lack of the above, too much education, not enough education, welfare, whatever...
BRAEN FUUD
“What is key to America’s understanding of class is the persistent belief – despite all evidence to the contrary – that anyone, with the proper discipline and drive, can move from a lower class to a higher class.” - From Michelle Alexander’s recent book, The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in The Age of Colorblindess. (The above quote sourced from The Czech, a fantastic blog about...
“I have talked enough about myself, let’s talk about you. Your letter alarms me. If you persist in your intention of experiencing all possible sensations—although as a transitory state of mind that is quite normal at your age—you will never attain to much. I was much happier when you said that you wished to be in contact with all that was real in life. You may think that they both amount to...
Stabat Mater - Clifford Gurdin; London...
What Kind Of Drama Will It Be?
“Certainly Rothko thought that people had an emotional depth and inherent reverence that could support a totally new understanding of art. That’s why he was a communal artist and not a priapic hero out of art’s history. His paintings were trying to describe the view that was possible now that the storm had passed. The view was the enormous space for living that material prosperity’s...