Existential "Young Sailor" |
Young SailorHe carriesHis own strengthAnd his own laughter,His own todayAnd his own hereafterThis strong young sailorOf the wide seas.What is money for?To spend, he says.And wine?To drink.And women?T...
Posted by on Sun, 24 Dec 2006 01:58:00 GMT |
Life is Absurd |
The part of me unsettled by writers and poets like Philip Larkin is soothed and reassured by Ecclesiastes. While I recognize the absurdity of existence -- Man is born to die -- Ecclesiastes reminds m...
Posted by on Sat, 23 Dec 2006 23:36:00 GMT |
Themes of Death and Deprivation |
An odd coupling, I realize. Dickinson and Kafka postings in the same week? Lately, I've been feeling philosophical. Themes of death and deprivation have been swimming in my head. I had a mind to post ...
Posted by on Thu, 21 Dec 2006 02:08:00 GMT |
Sensory Deprivation in the Office Near LAX |
Florescent lighting is inhumane. Isn't it used in torture? Yet, here I sit, bound to this computer, sitting in an office building near the landing strip at LAX. Inspiration derived from frustration...
Posted by on Mon, 18 Dec 2006 02:25:00 GMT |
from A HUNGER ARTIST |
"Yet for other reasons he was never satisfied; it was not perhaps mere fasting that had brought him to such skeleton thinness that many people had regretfully to keep away from his exhibitions, becaus...
Posted by on Sun, 17 Dec 2006 16:54:00 GMT |
Strange Days Indeed |
Today, I phone-banked for MoveOn.org With practice, you gain fluency and confidence. A friend of mine once remarked at my desire to charge into the cold waves breaking at Bolsa Chica state beach. Ther...
Posted by on Sun, 05 Nov 2006 14:49:00 GMT |
Make A Difference In A Woman's Life |
Campaign with me this Saturday against Prop. 85. If passed, Prop. 85 would prohibit abortions for California teens until 48 hours after their parents have been notified. While this sounds like a good ...
Posted by on Thu, 26 Oct 2006 14:33:00 GMT |
Quoting Che Guevara |
"At the risk of seeming ridiculous, let me say that a true revolutionary is guided by great feelings of love." -- Che Guevara
Posted by on Wed, 25 Oct 2006 16:17:00 GMT |
The Floor of the Bedroom |
an excerpt from PLAY IT AS IT LAYSby Joan Didion25The floor of the bedroom where it happened was covered with newspapers. She remembered reading somewhere that newspapers were antiseptic, it had somet...
Posted by on Wed, 25 Oct 2006 02:46:00 GMT |
Maria Drove the Freeway |
an excerpt from PLAY IT AS IT LAYSby Joan DidionIn the first hot month of the fall after the summer she left Carter (the summer Carter left her, the summer Carter stopped living in the house in Beverl...
Posted by on Wed, 25 Oct 2006 01:39:00 GMT |
