Waking Life
I have an aversion to birds. Here are some things I do like.
A Song on the End of the World
On the day the world ends
A bee circles a clover,
A fisherman mends a glimmering net.
Happy porpoises jump in the sea,
By the rainspout young sparrows are playing
And the snake is gold-skinned as it should always be.
On the day the world ends
Women walk through the fields under their umbrellas,
A drunkard grows sleepy at the edge of a lawn,
Vegetable peddlers shout in the street
And a yellow-sailed boat comes nearer the island,
The voice of a violin lasts in the air
And leads into a starry night.
And those who expected lightning and thunder
Are disappointed.
And those who expected signs and archangels’ trumps
Do not believe it is happening now.
As long as the sun and the moon are above,
As long as the bumblebee visits a rose,
As long as rosy infants are born
No one believes it is happening now.
Only a white-haired old man, who would be a prophet
Yet is not a prophet, for he’s much too busy,
Repeats while he binds his tomatoes:
There will be no other end of the world,
There will be no other end of the world.
Czeslaw Milosz
The Usual Suspects by Tim Rigg
“Nothing happens until something moves.” — Albert Einstein
“ It’s a complex thing: it’s something you do in secret but reveal in public… and also hide behind. ”
“ Oh my God, Jerry, when you check your email, you go to Alta Vista and type ‘please go to yahoo.com?’ God, Jerry, you don’t deserve the internet! ”
(Source: coffeepeople)
Fail better - Samuel Beckett.
…and, which is more, you’ll be a Man, my son!
typography by Will Bryant :: via buyolympia.com
I completely agree.
I have no trade, make nothing but pretty things which fail against the seriousness of rice.
so beautifully written.
— Extract from Grief, by Stephen Dobyns (via helplesslyamazed)
“ Suffering has been stronger than all other teaching, and has taught me to understand what your heart used to be. I have been bent and broken, but - I hope - into a better shape. ”
(Source: thresca)
“American Society has no cohesion, its not a society anymore. Its a chaos. Nobody knows their neighbors, nobody cares about their neighbors, nobody cares about altruism. Its a republic of self-absorbed narcissistic consumers who live in bubble of their own wishes and wants.” – Gary Indiana
You’re damned straight it is.
(Source: zarathustra-says)
