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Camus
I have a picture of Camus as my computer background, and each time I see it, I get a new surge of hope and courage that wasn't there before. -
letters
Reading a letter from a dead man always gives one a unique perspective on living. -
Thoughts
I was thinking about what it meant to live. In a world of utility, joy is a luxury. As long as the society functions, people can be unhappy. Productivity and efficiency measures our progress, our quality of life, at least as a whole. Economics decides what's good for America ( Read more... ) -
Nature
God clasps her hands around its breath ( Read more... ) -
Water droplets
Sometimes I sit and watch water drops form and fall in the sink. One at a time. A small bead gathers on the faucet's tip, its surface swarming with the water. Then it begins to fall, stretching into a strained neck that clips itself apart and separates into a falling droplet.
For those brief milliseconds, a world forms on the tense surface of the ( Read more... ) -
Life and passion
Sorry I haven't written much recently. I've been busy--tutoring now, which is nice--and every time I sit down to write something, I'm either too tired or I lose interest. But a lot's been going on. So I suppose I better pin it up on the wall for a bit ( Read more... ) -
It's been a while...
It's been a while, so this is just to say,
I have eaten
the plums
that were in
the icebox
and which
you were probably
saving
for breakfast
Forgive me
they were delicious
so sweet
and so cold
(William Carlos Williams, "This is Just to Say") -
Mahler's Third, finale
“In the last movement, words are stilled-for what language can utter heavenly love more powerfully and forcefully than music itself? The Adagio, with its broad, solemn melodic line, is, as a whole-and despite passages of burning pain-eloquent of comfort and grace. It is a single sound of heartfelt and exalted feelings, in which the whole giant ( Read more... ) -
Question and follow up
Today I took a brief walk before rehearsal to clear my head. It was the first real break I took since I woke up this morning at around 6:15. I could be quiet and alone, just letting my thoughts drift and my emotions paw at the skyline. Free ( Read more... ) -
Pleasant
It's nice to be happy for a change.