Archive for October, 2008
Photos to Words
From Photos to Words “The way I understand it, a photographer’s relationship to his medium is responsible for his relationship to the world is responsible for his relationship to his medium.” —–Garry Winogrand
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From Glints of Light Rescue by Jason Shinder When the doctor inserts his two fingers into my mother rectum, the pupils of her eyes move like blue-fish under the ice in a bucket before they are carried away. I am climbing out of a well and offering her some water. I am picking up her […]
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Hemingway on War
From Weaving Olden Dances From Ernest Hemingway “Never think that war, no matter how necessary, nor how justified, is not a crime.”
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Howards End and Umbrellas
Howards End 4 days ago by trojanmanman. All men are created equal–all men, that is to say, who possess umbrellas.–Leonard Bast
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Marriage 3 days ago by metatraveller. It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages. – Nietzsche
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Glints of Light and Cat’s Cradle
From Glints of Light “See the cat? See the cradle?” 2 Again, Kurt Vonnegut’s Cat’s Cradle: Man blinked. “What is the purpose of all this?” he asked politely. “Everything must have a purpose?” asked God. “Certainly,” said man. “Then I leave you to think of one for all this,” said God. And He went away.
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Creative Writing at Longwood 