Probably took this one at 4am. ©Matt Weber
via 42d Street 1985 — Black and White Street Photographs of New York City by Matt Weber
Distinguish them from sheep | QOTD — Memoir Of A Writer
“The city was filled to overflowing with persons who had neither brains nor individuality, who bore no resemblance to men that live by bread, and had only their outward shape to distinguish them from sheep.” ― Lucian of Samosata
Charles Bukowski — The Vale of Soul-Making
Memory I’ve memorized all the fish in the sea I’ve memorized each opportunity strangled and I remember awakening one morning and finding everything smeared with the color of forgotten love and I’ve memorized that too. I’ve memorized green rooms in St. Louis and New Orleans where I wept because I knew that by myself I […]
The mortar and pestles of a former city pharmacy — Ephemeral New York
Today, 1209 Lexington Avenue is the home of a Warby Parker store, part of the trendy national eyewear chain. But from 1899 to 2012, this was Lascoff Apothecary, a pharmacy on the corner at 82nd Street that was so old-school, they used to sell leeches. Lascoff’s was a New York pharmacy at its finest, the […]
via The mortar and pestles of a former city pharmacy — Ephemeral New York
Fixing New York’s Broken Subways — Columbia Science Review
By: Sophia Ahmed The New York Subway system is one of the most extensive subway systems in the world. With nearly 1.8 billion riders every year, the subway system is an integral part of what makes New York City tick. However, ever since the 1970’s, because of perpetually deferred maintenance, riders have faced a growing number…
via Fixing New York’s Broken Subways — Columbia Science Review
In Memory: “The process of photographing is a pleasure: eyes open, receptive, sensing, and at some point, connecting. It’s thrilling to be outside your mind, your eyes far ahead of your thoughts.” — Art of Quotation
“The process of photographing is a pleasure: eyes open, receptive, sensing, and at some point, connecting. It’s thrilling to be outside your mind, your eyes far ahead of your thoughts.” – Henry Wessel, 1942-2018, photographer
know thyself — .documenting.the.obvious
Exchange Place — For Earth Below
via Exchange Place — For Earth Below – Keith Goldstein
“The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.” — Art of Quotation
“The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson, writer, poet
via “The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.” — Art of Quotation
Antonin Artaud – On Life and Self-Belief
We need to live first of all; to believe in what makes us live and that something makes us live-to believe that whatever is produced from the mysterious depths of ourselves need not forever haunt us as an exclusively digestive concern.
– Antonin Artaud, in The Theatre and Its Double
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