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Christine

May the words of my mouth and the meditations of my heart, be pleasing in your sight... much love, =

About Me



MY WEBSITES:
*Echo in the Sense on KXLU Los Angeles 88.9 FM (click here)
*Personal page (click here)

MANIFESTO:
May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing in your sight... =^_^=


DILEMNA:
Adorno wrote - "To write poetry after Auschwitz is barbaric."

I guess I'm looking for ways to maintain optimism in the face of the increasingly decentralized world we live in, both on a personal level and in terms of the current national politics.

Which begs the question: Is ambivalence/distance (being once/twice/totally removed - the dance between approach and avoidance) our only safety?


SOLUTION:
A good night's sleep can change the world.


CAVEAT:
Had to learn the hard way that -----No good deed goes unpunished.


QUOTED:
"Pull the curtains on yesterday and it seems so much later."
-- David Bowie
"Say what you like about the tenets of National Socialism; at least it's an ethos!"
-- The Big Lebowski


My Interests

the "sublime;" the search for authenticity ; the built environment & sustainability ; DARPA Grand Challenge, robots, and military technology; public radio; design that stops you in your tracks; fontography; This American Life ; baking and cooking; classical civ.; peace studies; public affairs and social justice; time to write; crossword puzzles; catching up on sleep

I'd like to meet:

FRIENDS AND ACQUAINTANCES I'VE LOST TOUCH WITH :)
***PLEASE NO INVITES FROM STRANGERS!***

Television:

History Channel, C-Span, and I LOVE The Simpsons.

Books:

BOOKS:
Lately:
Political Theory

In General:
Publishers: Dalkey Archive Press, Penguin Classics, Grove Press, Yale University Press, MIT Press.

Subjects:
late 20th century literary novelists, graphics design and architecture, books about symbolic language and Parabola magazine themes, 20th century philosophy, utopia/distopia, fortean themes and parallax, Amok 5th sourcebook-type reading & publishers

Poetry:
Russell Edson, Wallace Stevens, Amy Gerstler, Dorianne Laux...

Heroes:

Joan Didion

Andrea Mitchell

MY VIDEO CLIPS:

Alessandra Ferri - Dancing in Carmen
Cute!
Citizen Kane - On How To Run The Los Angeles Times
Lynda Obst - Life Lesson "NEXT"

DARPA Robot Desert Race

Eli Broad on Projected Los Angeles Commercial Development - ka-ching! KA-CHING!!!