November 2009
31 posts
“Quand on n’a pas ce que l’on aime, faut aimer ce que l’on a.
(When we do not do...”
– Serge Gainsbourg (via fuckyeahfrenchcinema)
“’ Touched by a masterpiece, a person begins to hear in himself that same call of...”
– from ‘Sculpting in Time’ - Andrei Tarkovsky (via lapetitebaobab)
“It’s like Tolstoy said. Happiness is an allegory, unhappiness a story.”
– -Haruki Murakami (via dyingstarsofkym) (via libraryland) (via booklover) (via grumblebunny) (via lapetitebaobab)
“Those who have handled sciences have been either men of experiment or men of...”
– Francis Bacon: Cogitata and Visa (via fuckyeahphilosophy) (via lapetitebaobab)
A favourite quote. And not to forget his important third metaphor:
“But the bee takes the middle course, it gathers its material from the flowers of the garden and field, but transforms and digests it by a power...
“A plane touches down, reconnecting with its shadow. The only way you can ever...”
– Tui Bijoux (via naomijade)
asphalteden:
some ideas on “distant melodies”: 1. being in a museum at night, with no light, standing in front of a leonardo da vinci, only barely able to make anything out, just some dark colors and shapes. 2. being on a ship at night, in the middle of the ocean, knowing you are surrounded by dark water, but only able to see what the moonless night allows you. 3. driving through the desert and...
