April 2011
2 posts
March 2011
6 posts
“What did you lose … is the sound of the sea. And why from a tower does an...”
– Cole Swensen, on Cy Twombly’s visual interpretation of Marlowe’s literary interpretation of Hero and Leander (1985)
February 2011
17 posts
“so that John had not felt the wound, but only the agony, had not felt the fall,...”
– James Baldwin, Go Tell It on the Mountain (1953)
“Must Jesus bear the cross alone
And all the world go free?
No, there’s a...”
– Thomas Shepherd, Must Jesus Bear the Cross Alone? (1693)
from Matthew 16:24
“Soon after Christmas, on the last, dead days of the year”
– James Baldwin, Go Tell It on the Mountain (1953)
“Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life and I will...”
– Psalm 23:6
January 2011
28 posts
“White men may be evil, but they are not the beginning nor the end of evil....”
– Andrew O’Hagan, in his introduction to James Baldwin’s Go Tell It on the Mountain
“The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world he...”
– The Usual Suspects (1995)
“The heart of the matter is knowing whether evil is purposeful or random. If...”
– Roberto Bolano
Roberto Bolano on Coincidence →
Problem of Evil →
“The only girl I’ve ever loved
Was born with roses in her eyes
But then...”
– ‘Holland, 1945’ - Neutral Milk Hotel
Yad Vashem photo archive →
Mandela admitted to hospital →
“It’s the edge of the world
And all of western civilization
The sun may...”
– Californication, Red Hot Chilli Peppers
when the truth is found to be lies →