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Preserve or conserve?
“Fantasy is like jam. . . . You have to spread it on a solid piece of bread. If not, it remains a shapeless thing . . . out of which you can’t make anything.”
- Italo Calvino -
Love is... Wrath
"And so what if he's taken up with the God of Wrath? Since when have you been so crazy about the God of Love? Or any other species of hippie bullshit?"
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An Angel-Satyr Walks These Hills
The Lurianic Cabalists were vexed by the question of how God could have created anything, since He was already everywhere & hence there could have been no room anywhere for His creation. In order to approach this mystery, they conceived the notion of tzimtzum, which means a sort of holding in of breath. Luria suggested that at the moment of ( Read more... ) -
In Spite Of Everything
in spite of everything
which breathes and moves,since Doom
(with white longest hands
neatening each crease)
will smooth entirely our minds
-before leaving my room
i turn,and(stooping
through the morning)kiss
this pillow,dear
where our heads lived and were.
-- e.e. cummings -
A post on a subject I know little about (what's new?)
Right disclaimer time:
I love boxing. I know far too much about it, particularly on an anorak level. People assume my manic "expertise" must stretch to all combat sports, especially as the UFC is fifty times more popular than boxing due to demographics, being properly run & having snazzier T-shirts:
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Fanta-twee, or, why you probably shouldn't ask me to tell your little'un a bedtime story
Okay, then, Jackanory time ( Read more... )
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