June 2012
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“Measure the walls. Count the ribs. Notch the long days. Look up for blue sky...”
– Things to do in the belly of a Whale by Dan Albergotti (via atomiclanterns)
Jun 18th
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Jun 16th
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Famous Novelists on Symbolism in Their Work and...
It was 1963, and 16-year-old Bruce McAllister was sick of symbol-hunting in English class. Rather than quarrel with his teacher, he went straight to the source: McAllister mailed a crude, four-question survey to 150 novelists, asking if they intentionally planted symbolism in their work. Seventy-five authors responded. Click here for what they had to say. John Green: “If the point of...
Jun 16th
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Jun 16th
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“For us, the work of a fashion designer is very different from that of an artist....”
– A Guide Issue #1; Maison Martin Margiela Artisanal; an interview by Marina Faust.
Jun 15th
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Jun 15th
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“Water the moon for me Brush the teeth of my ladders for me. Carry me in your...”
– Jean Arp, “Cook me a Thunderbolt”, 1957, trans. Joachim Neugroschel
Jun 15th
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Jun 14th
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“They sit for hours on the ‘cafés’ warming their precious behinds, and talk...”
– Frida Kahlo, Paris, France letter to Nickolas Muray, New York, N.Y., 1939 Feb. 16. Nickolas Muray papers, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
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