March 17, 2012

timeimmemorial:

‘There are three barriers to learning: One is misunderstood words’

— from Proem, Paul Magee, in Blast: Poetry and Other Critical Writings, no.7, March 2008

February 24, 2012

timeimmemorial:

I do not feel like writing what I have written here, and I do not feel like erasing it either.

- Soren Kierkegaard’s Journals and Papers, Part 1: Autobiographical, 1829—1848. Soren Kierkegaard, Howard Vincent Hong, Edna Hatlestad Hong; p 106

February 22, 2012
"Sura dira jayaningrat lebur dening pangastuti."

— Keberanian, kekuatan dan kekuasaan hanya dapat ditundukkan oleh salam sejahtera atau segala sifat keras hati, picik, angkara murka, hanya bisa dikalahkan dengan sikap bijak, lembut hati dan sabar. Greedy power, hatred, angst, can only be conquered by patience, softheartedness, and wisdom. Ingatase manungsa mono mungguh panjagane marang hawa nafsune, kudu kaya lekase wong kang nedya mbengkas pakewuh gedhe, kang misuwur lan kuwasa, layang Wedha nyebutake: kekuwasaan, kawanteran utawa kadigdayan kang wis linuwih ing jagad, yen ora bener cak-cakane, ing adat pepere utawa lebure amarga dening panembah.

February 21, 2012
"When you see something that is technically sweet, you go ahead and do it and you argue about what to do about only after you have had your technical success. That is the way it was with the atomic bomb."

— Robert Oppenheimer, director of the Los Alamos project, quoted in Richard Sennett, The Craftsman, 2008, p.2.

February 21, 2012
garabating:

bag meme by *deathofrats

garabating:

bag meme by *deathofrats

February 14, 2012
Ricardo Piglia: Tesis-tesis tentang Cerita Pendek

rabbitholetheory:

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Dalam salah satu buku catatannya, Chekhov merekam sebuah anekdot: “Seorang lelaki di Monte Carlo pergi ke casino, menang sejuta, pulang, bunuh diri”. Bentuk klasik cerita pendek terdapat pada nukleus masa depannya, pada kisah yang tak tertuliskan. Alih-alih mudah diduga dan serba-biasa (judi-kalah-bunuh diri), intrik ditampilkan sebagai suatu paradoks. Anekdot tadi memutuskan hubungan antara cerita judi dengan cerita bunuh diri. Keterputusan adalah kunci untuk memahami karakter ganda bentuk cerita. Tesis pertama: cerita pendek selalu mengisahkan dua cerita.

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February 10, 2012
cryptofwrestling:

Let’s Pretend

the ethics of being economical with the truth #1

cryptofwrestling:

Let’s Pretend

the ethics of being economical with the truth #1

February 6, 2012

Stop whining and plot revenge. January 2012.

January 31, 2012
lustik:


Shao Fan via Cuaderno de retazos

lustik:

January 28, 2012
"Daily life is becoming a kaleidoscope of incidents and accidents, catastrophes and cataclysms, in which we are endlessly running up against the unexpected, which occurs out of the blue, so to speak."

— Paul Virilio. Foreword to the Museum of Accidents (2002).

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