let’s hope he doesn’t sue me for this. get it here
an exception has occurred - tapestry weaving w/ embroidery mounted in a crt monitor - february 2023
It’s an Ursula k le Guin free your mind from the idea of deserving kind of day
“Perhaps you have forgotten. That’s one of the great problems of our modern world, you know. Forgetting. The victim never forgets. Ask an Irishman what the English did to him in 1920 and he’ll tell you the day of the month and the time and the name of every man they killed. Ask an Iranian what the English did to him in 1953 and he’ll tell you. His child will tell you. His grandchild will tell you. And when he has one, his great-grandchild will tell you too. But ask an Englishman—” He flung up his hands in mock ignorance. “If he ever knew, he has forgotten. ‘Move on!’ you tell us. ‘Move on! Forget what we’ve done to you. Tomorrow’s another day!’ But it isn’t, Mr. Brue.” He still had Brue’s hand. “Tomorrow was created yesterday, you see. That is the point I was making to you. And by the day before yesterday, too. To ignore history is to ignore the wolf at the door.”
- A Most Wanted Man, John le Carré
John le Carré has not, at any point, been fucking around.
O, to Gaze Upon Such an Exquisite creature, me, ink and copic markers, circa October 2019
misc readings
On books and reading!
Reading insecurity, katy waldman, slate
The deep space of digital reading, paul la farge, nautilus
The curse of reading and forgetting, ian crouch, new yorker
Why read the classics, italo calvino (pdf)
How reading is like love: italo calvino on the ecstasy of surrendering to other dimensions of experience, the marginalian
Just read the book already, lauren miller, slate
Treasure the books no one else seems to love, molly templeton, tor
Papyralysis, jacob mikanowski, los angeles review of books
How to nurture a personal library, freya howarth, psyche
Brief notes on the art and manner of arranging one's books, georges perec
If I don't remember what I read, did I read it at all? molly templeton, tor
Never do that to a book, anne fadiman, slate
Mary oliver on how reading saved her life and the greatest antidote to sorrow, the marginalian
On the pleasures and solitudes of quiet books, emily st. john mandel, the millions
Being a better online reader, maria konnikova, new yorker
How 11 writers organize their personal libraries, emily temple, literary hub
How many errorrs are in this essay? ed simon, the millions
Adrienne rich on resistance, the liberating power of storytelling, and how reading emancipates, the marginalian
How we read series, wired
Fiction detective: on literary citation and search engine sleuthing, sophie haigney, the drift
our autofiction fixation, jessica winter, the new york times
Hate it when the Stardew Valley NPCs get mad at me for digging in their garbage. Like bitch I carry this town on my back. "Ew! Thats awful!" You know what else would be awful? The decaying shambles this town will be left in when I leave because you were all mean to me. Without me Pelican Town is nothing do not fucking test me
Bones and All (2022) dir. Luca Guadagnino
Bigmouth Strikes Again, The Smiths / Sharp Objects, Gillian Flynn / Sharp Objects, dir. Jean-Marc Vallée
“The Barn You Used to Believe In” - Do Not Bring Him Water, Caitlin Scarano