Sublime
An inspiration engine for ideas
One of these was the haiku poet Taneda Santoka.
Haruki Murakami • Kafka on the Shore
ursine.
Richard Powers • The Overstory: A Novel
zelkova tree
Haruki Murakami • Norwegian Wood
I am superterrestrial, he thought, and passed untouched through crowds on Aldleigh High Street with the waters of his body drawn up by the moon with the tides.
Sarah Perry • Enlightenment
The route looks like forest, mile after emerald mile. But Douggie sees through the illusion now. He’s driving through the thinnest artery of pretend life, a scrim hiding a bomb crater as big as a sovereign state. The forest is pure prop, a piece of clever artistry.
Richard Powers • The Overstory: A Novel
watching bored teenage jerk-offs hack apart someone you used to love. Even if she was dead. He wasn’t without empathy, but he was still young, and the pain of other people embarrassed him.
Chuck Palahniuk • Make Something Up
spates