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Archive for February, 2010
Photo diary
February 18, 2010Quote of the day: NEED
February 17, 2010NEED
“Meditation on the Word Need”
The problem with words of emotion
is how easily meaning drains
from their fiddle-sweet sounds
and they become empty instruments.
I can say love
and mean desire to give—
open-handed, open-hearted—
or I am drawn to the light
shining from your soul—
or my life is empty without you—
or I want to run my hands
and mouth down the length of you—
or all of these at once.
Need, now, is a plain word.
I need a nail to hang this picture.
I need money to pay my bills.
I need air and light,
water and food,
shelter from storm and sun and cold.
To be healthy,
to be sane,
to survive,
I need you.
— Linda Rodriques
Photo diary: Vieques, Feb. 10-11, 2010
February 15, 2010
Brad Cole
Michael Mele and Andy Holtzman (aka Andyamo)
Alexandre Valentin
Bruno Charenton
Andy Willett
Don in Andy's shirt
Quote of the day: NARCISSISM
February 15, 2010NARCISSISM
I’m a recovering narcissist. I didn’t know I was a narcissist. I thought narcissism meant you love yourself. Then someone told me there’s a flip side to it, so it’s actually drearier than self-love. It’s unrequited self-love.
— Emily Levine
Quote of the day: PERFECT DAY
February 10, 2010PERFECT DAY
“On a Perfect Day”
… I eat an artichoke in front
of the Charles Street Laundromat
and watch the clouds bloom
into white flowers out of
the building across the way.
The bright air moves on my face
like the touch of someone who loves me.
Far overhead a dart-shaped plane softens
through membranes of vacancy. A ship,
riding the bright glissade of the Hudson, slips
past the end of the street. Colette’s vagabond
says the sun belongs to the lizard
that warms in its light. I own these moments
when my skin like a drumhead stretches on the frame
of my bones, then swells, a bellows filled
with sacred breath seared by this flame,
this happiness.
— Jane Gentry
another eye opens 