March 2012
32 posts
“You must write, and read, as if your life depended on it.”
– Adrienne Rich, What is Found There: Notebooks on Poetry and Politics (via awritersruminations)
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“The business of art lies just in this― to make that understood and felt which,...”
– ― Leo Tolstoy, “What is Art?” (1896)
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“Lazuli” by Beach House from their...
“i am tired.”
– everyone
Shit My Students Write: History is written by the... →
shitmystudentswrite:
It is very obvious that the Indians didn’t care about anyone but themselves and their “kind”, and basically didn’t give two s**ts about the Europeans. Seems that the Europeans has a very accurate story because who would make this stuff up? They described every single detail on what the Indians…
wow…
the sky is especially melancholy today.
it is colorless and damp—
but there is an openness in the air.
it is as if the drearier the state of the environment
in which i exist,
the more i am able to expand and reveal and match the openness of the world around
me.
things are open for interpretation.
the clouds say, ‘decide for yourself
what all of this means’.
my mind...
yourveryexistence asked: i actually really liked the artist. it's cool that it's a modern made silent film, but the story line is actually the most interesting part. i don't know how much you've heard about it, but there actually is some sound in the film-in the main character's nightmares, and at the end. it's sort of like a transition from his life as a silent film actor to a not silent...
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thoughts: “The Artist”
for those of you who think “The Artist” is some extremely innovative film, i would suggest that you watch some ‘original’ silent films. if you need suggestion please let me know. the mastery and artfulness of silent films can be found in in the 1920s, not the 2010s. unless the actual storyline of “The Artist” is ingenious (i admit, i have yet to see the film), i am not sure why everyone is so...
