A collection of writings about place space writing and art …
One of the acknowledged precursors of Surrealism, the work of French caricaturist J.J Grandville was featured in Documents magazine and is discussed at length in Walter Benjamin’s vast and fragmentary study of the urban redevelopment of Paris by Baron Haussmann, The Arcades Project (Passagen-Werk). He rose to fame in 1828 with Les Métamorphoses du jour, a book with […]
Quelqu’un peut-il me dire jusqu’où va ma vie ? Suis-je un souffle dans la tempête, une vague dans l’étang ? N’est-ce pas moi-même, peut-être, ce pâle et blanc bouleau, frissonnant de printemps ? * Kann mir einer sagen, wohin ich mit meinem Leben reiche? Ob ich nicht auch noch im Sturme streiche und als Welle […]
via Rainer Maria Rilke – Quelqu’un peut-il me dire… — BEAUTY WILL SAVE THE WORLD
In order to write I must place myself into the void. In this void is where I exist intuitively. But it’s a terribly dangerous void: it’s where I wring out blood. I’m a writer who fears the snares of words: the words I say hide others—which? maybe I’ll say them. Writing is a stone cast […]
“The mind can be trained to relieve itself on paper.” Billy Collins, poet, writing
via “The mind can be trained to relieve itself on paper.” — Art of Quotation
Pour être grand, sois entier : rien En toi n’exagère ou n’exclus. Sois tout en chaque chose. Mets tout ce que tu es Dans le plus petit de tes actes. Ainsi en chaque lac brille la lune entière Pour la raison qu’elle vit haut. * Para ser grande, sê inteiro: nada Para ser grande, sê […]
via Fernando Pessoa – Pour être grand, sois entier… — BEAUTY WILL SAVE THE WORLD
All of our thoughts, ideas, ideologies and viewpoints are not real or at least, not our own. All of these are things that sound admirable/respectable. These are things that we steal from films, books and other personalities to form our own. Just because we think we understand these ideas and have no logical argument against […]
Shot on location in Paris by Danish film Director Torben Skjødt Jensen, this highly atmospheric and engaging film as written and narrated by Ulf Peter Hallberg, provides an overview of Walter Benjamin’s life and work as well as some fabulous images of the Paris arcades.
Originally posted on YouTube by Jo Takahashi
“How I hate those who are dedicated to producing conformity.”
–William S. Burroughs, Writer
via “How I hate those who are dedicated to producing conformity.“ — Art of Quotation
Chelsea Hotel, New York City (2010)
Image © Marcus D. Niski 2010-2017
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