Attar's Seven Valleys of Love .4 |
The Valley of Independence and Detachment "Then there comes the valley where there is neither the desire to possess nor the wish to discover. In this state of the soul a cold wind blows, so violent...
Posted by alta on Mon, 07 May 2007 09:49:00 PST |
Brain Power |
"It's not a secret spell for discovering treasure; to understand it you've got to have a head on your shoulders, not a bird-cage for multicolored fledglings. You blockheaded intellectual rag picker! Y...
Posted by alta on Thu, 26 Apr 2007 07:28:00 PST |
Love |
Love is the last thirty-pound bale.When you load it on, the boat tips over.Rumi...
Posted by alta on Thu, 19 Apr 2007 07:17:00 PST |
Kurt Vonnegut RIP |
Sweet dreams, Kurt Vonnegut, Jr (1922-2007)"Congressman Nixon had asked me why, as the son of immigrants who had been treated so well by Americans, as a man who had been treated like a son and been se...
Posted by alta on Thu, 12 Apr 2007 02:40:00 PST |
In New York |
I saw a cool movie tonight at IFC Center: "Killer of sheep" A film by Charles Burnett NR, US, 1977, 83 minutes. The story of a family man who ekes out a living working at a slaughterhouse, the film ca...
Posted by alta on Sat, 31 Mar 2007 08:16:00 PST |
Escape from New York |
I think I might just run away ..Le Pont MirabeauSous le pont Mirabeau coule la Seine Et nos amours Faut-il qu'il m'en souvienneLa joie venait toujours après la peine Vienne la nu...
Posted by alta on Sun, 25 Mar 2007 06:53:00 PST |
Cinnamon Shops |
I saw a play last night based on writings of artist Bruno Schulz, then I found this film. Streets of CrocodilesBruno Schulz writes:"All poetry is mythologizing and strives to reconstitute myths about...
Posted by alta on Sun, 18 Mar 2007 07:45:00 PST |
Cravings |
I feel a powerful lust for... calamari. ...
Posted by alta on Thu, 15 Mar 2007 12:38:00 PST |
Soliloquy at Twilight |
Don't you know there is no one in the streetsand no one in the houses?There are only eyes in the windows.If you don't have a place to sleep,knock on a door and it will open,open up to a certain pointa...
Posted by alta on Mon, 12 Mar 2007 05:41:00 PST |
Oliver Sacks |
I'm so excited!Oliver SacksThe neurologist and writer discusses how music affects the brain.(Low Library, Columbia University, Broadway at 116 St. No tickets necessary. March 7 at 6:15.) I hope to be ...
Posted by alta on Tue, 06 Mar 2007 10:19:00 PST |
