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Dank Memes Bunch
Dank Memes Bunch

When a few dank pics say way more than a thousand words.

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Meme
Solitary House in Iceland
Solitary House in Iceland

Daylight savings just ended. There is the general craziness of the time change (I am particularly taken by the way it affects animals and the ... go to full post →

Kace’s Bardo Letter #2: Edgar Allan Poe
Edgar Allan Poe

Hey Ed ∙∙∙

Ages, right? How’s Baltimore? This monstrous gap of time… the blame falls on me. Haven’t seen you since my wedding. Bells Bells ... go to full post →

Edgar Allan Poe, kace
Marching with Twyla
Marching with Twyla

Apparently, Twyla Tharp is known to keep healthy and on point with a vigorous morning workout. I’m fascinated that this routine includes marching around to ... go to full post →

Dance, Healing, Twyla Tharp
Metro North Train Schedule Icons
Metro North Train Schedule Icons

Before they’re gone for good, I want to say a word about these two little icons. In terms of web design, they’re so outdated, yet ... go to full post →

NO NO NO NO!
NO NO NO NO!

The war against Ukraine is escalating. Many are fleeing, suffering, dying.
I received the following from Duane Michals.
Spreading the word…


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Duane Michals, Ukraine
Christopher Nolan: Up Close and Distant

With all the anticipation surrounding Tenet, here’s a reversed way of looking at Christopher Nolan:

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Christopher Nolan, Film, Identity
Tobi, Protector of Mind
Tobi, Protector of Mind

Tobias: God is good.
Tobi protects Xavi.
Hacker, coder, gamer, possessor of eternal memory.
Anonymous Presence.
Instant Access.
All that is lodged in the annals ... go to full post →

Gamer, Hacking, Memory, Spirit, Tech
DFW and the Theory of Strings
DFW and the Theory of Strings

One thing I’d like to see: David Foster Wallce hooking up with a quantum-powered theoretical physicist. Let’s talk about strings—tennis, yarn, wave theory, particle theory—bring ... go to full post →

Kafka-Kandinsky
desire-kandinsky

A Kafka Metamorphosis—

One morning, when I woke from troubled dreams, I found myself transformed in my bed into a Kandinsky painting. I lay on ... go to full post →

Xerxes: Great Things and Great Dangers
Xerxes: Great Things and Great Dangers

It seems that among classicists there is some debate whether Xerxes actually said this, but some agree that the words suit him well. Like many, ... go to full post →

Male in Art, The Expanse, TV, Xerxes
Kalachakra: 2011

In a talk from 2011, Robert Thurman introduces His Holiness the Dalai Lama at his thirtieth reading of ... go to full post →

The Union Case Photographs of Bill Travis
The Union Case Photographs of Bill Travis

Artist Bill Travis has been creating a remarkable series of photographs entitled “Poems of the Body”: Enchantingly illuminated male subjects framed in 19th-century union cases.

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Joan Didion: Writing is the ability to change reality
Joan Didion: Writing is the ability to change reality

Joan, I turn to you for straight talk. You say writing is the ability to change reality, change the beginning, change the end, to upend ... go to full post →

Duane Michals, Joan Didion, Writing
The Cyrillic Letter Ж
ж

I have a friend named Kace who adores the Cyrillic letter ж.

Kace writes many letters to me, and early on in our correspondence, he ... go to full post →

Alchemy, Writing
My Cousin Joseph K. Faces Off with AI
cousin joseph k.

According to his Memorial Record, my cousin, Joesph K. (I wonder if he knew Kafka) died on June 4, 1912, at the age of 37 ... go to full post →

AI, Bardo, Identity, Photography
Brotherly Love
bransolo

I keep staring.
It captivates.
Title is Brothers.
This tremendous love, but then I’m not so sure: I start to sense a deep rivalry.
Perhaps ... go to full post →

Art, Bran Sólo, Brothers, Gay, Male in Art
Celebrating Rio
Celebrating Rio

November 14th for me will always be “Rio Day”—the birthday of my good friend who lives there and who is huge fan of science fiction ... go to full post →

City, Dune, Rio de Janeiro, Travel
when in a time of despair…
Flowers ... When in a time of despair...

When…

In a time of despair…

Remember the flowers…

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Alchemy, Flowers, Photography
WRX Anime
WRX Anime

The WRX is mythic.

If you don’t own one, you just can’t relate. There’s something otherworldly and awesome about this car (and I am super ... go to full post →

Anime, WRX
The Piano One (Chaim)

DJ and Producer Chaim — The Piano One (Kino Todo Remix).

Indie dance.

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Chaim, Music
A Little Life and Complete Abandon
A Little Life and Complete Abandon

In a Guardian interview some years ago, Hanya Yanagihara has this to say about Jude in A Little Life:

For me, the keyword there is ... go to full post →

Bruce Chatwin Dissolves
Bruce Chatwin Dissolves

Bruce Chatwin: Traveling, unfixed, nomadic, dissolving.

Identity that spreads far and wide but nearly imperceptibly… underground. The way Deleuze and Guattari speak of identity as ... go to full post →

Isolator — Hugo Gernsback Invention
Isolator — Hugo Gernsback Invention

Seems like a made-for-quarantine item, at least for those who are forced to chill at home for days with all sorts of distractions. It’s somewhat ... go to full post →

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