heavyness - intense
as for publishing he advised me
to paper my wall with rejection slips
his lips and the bones of his long fingers trembled
with the vehemence of his views about poetry
he said the great presence
that permitted everything and transmuted it
in poetry was passion
passion was genius and he praised movement and invention
to paper my wall with rejection slips
his lips and the bones of his long fingers trembled
with the vehemence of his views about poetry
he said the great presence
that permitted everything and transmuted it
in poetry was passion
passion was genius and he praised movement and invention
Poetic Outlaws • Remembering the Poet, John Berryman, on the Anniversary of His Tragic Death
capture something about the tension between desperately wanting to say “I knew it!” and recognizing that there’s no way to neutralize or declutter the past—at some point, the only thing a person can do is reorient and move on. The track reminds me, in both sound and vibe, of Modest Mouse’s “3rd Planet,” another tender and brambly song about trying... See more
archive.ph
He wanted to be at the boundary of the war (physically and emotionally), because it is at the boundary that essential truths reveal themselves—both in the mathematical and existential sense.
Walking, Wittgenstein, and God
Every choice is a thread, measured, repeated, reinforced.
You don’t look like yourself... and you know it
“Most modern freedom is at root fear. It is not so much that we are too bold to endure rules; it is rather that we are too timid to endure responsibilities.”
― G.K. Chesterton
― G.K. Chesterton
G.K. Chesterton: On Courage
Returning to Barthes, he said, “The fatal feature of any passion is that it craves an eternity while knowing its own possibility.” There’s a specific hunger that isn’t sated by bodies
Helen • The Erotics of Intelligence
Of how too much possibility can fray the edges of a person.
amber. • the hunger to be everything.
everything is sexy and no one is horny.
Catherine Shannon • Everyone Is Numbing Out
Obviously the line is vulgar and graphic and desperate. It’s violent. But after Yves Tumor says it a handful of times in the song, they eventually drop the first part and just say, ‘Till you love me. Till you love me. Till you love me.’ It eventually ends on, ‘love me. love me.’ The line goes from a threat of violence to a plea for love. It goes... See more