Make yourself necessary to somebody.
–Ralph Waldo Emerson
Posts Tagged ‘quote’
necessary
May 17th, 2010
children
May 17th, 2010All children are foreigners.
– Ralph Waldo Emerson
nobody
January 3rd, 2010“In the United States there is more space where nobody is than where anybody is. This is what makes America what it is.”
–Gertrude Stein
Rules for Making Oneself a Disagreeable Companion
December 6th, 20092. If when you are out of Breath, one of the Company should seize the
Opportunity of saying something; watch his Words, and, if possible,
find somewhat either in his Sentiment or Expression, immediately to
contradict and raise a Dispute upon. Rather than fail, criticise even
his Grammar.
–Benjamin Franklin, Rules for Making Oneself a Disagreeable Companion
One Hundred Eighty Seconds
November 15th, 2009One Hundred Eighty Seconds
by Victoria Rivas
Bow to each other. Bow to the ref.
“Fighting stance. Begin” Hesitate. Then,
a suddenly compact universe,
reduced to two. Fighters move, parry,
fighting stance. Begin. Hesitate, then
start a three minute relationship
reduced to two fighters. Move, parry.
Eyes locked, we watch peripherally,
start a three minute relationship.
I push, urge him on, move him closer.
Eyes locked, we watch peripherally,
dance, casual acquaintances. Will
I push, urge him on, move him closer.
to me? Weave, reach, move away, we play,
dance. Casual acquaintances will
anticipate, try to dictate moves
to me. Weave. Reach. Move away. We play
like not-yet lovers. A foot I don’t
anticipate! Try to dictate moves
as it slips my guard, touches me hard,
like not yet lovers. A foot I don’t
stop. Suck breath, circle, counter, block, punch,
as it slips my guard, touches me hard.
Sweaty vinyl gear smacks together.
Stop. Suck breath. Circle. Counter. Block. Punch.
Still foreplay. Nothing below the belt.
Sweaty vinyl gear smacks together.
We breathe hard, touch hard, clothes wet, still on,
still foreplay, nothing below the belt.
Finally comes commitment. Hit hard,
we breathe hard, touch hard, clothes wet, still on
guard, I watch, back off. Begin again.
Finally comes commitment. Hit hard,
again, again. Padded gear smacks loud.
Guard. I watch. Back off. Begin. Again
I mount the assault, corner him, hit
again, again. Padded gear smacks loud
against his solar plexus. My point.
I mount the assault, corner him, hit
openings, kick inside. Gasp. Heave. Push
against his solar plexus. My point.
A second wind drives me to search for
openings. Kick inside. Gasp. Heave. Push
as he counters, scores. Scores again.
A second wind drives me to search for
his eyes, look for signs. Pause ends
as he counters, scores, scores again,
ends without warning. The ref calls, “Break,”
His eyes look for signs. Pause ends,
A suddenly compact universe
ends without warning. The ref calls, “Break,
Bow to each other.” Bow to the ref.
love
November 11th, 2009“If there is a mystery at the heart of human condition, it is otherness: the otherness of man and woman, parent and child. It is the space we make for otherness that makes love something other than narcissism.”
–Jonathan Sacks
The Gift
August 31st, 2009The Gift
by Louise Gluck
Lord, You may not recognize me
speaking for someone else.
I have a son. He is
so little, so ignorant.
He likes to stand
at the screen door, calling
oggie, oggie, entering
language, and sometimes
a dog will stop and come up
the walk, perhaps
accidentally. May he believe
this is not an accident?
At the screen
welcoming each beast
in love’s name, Your emissary.
on artistry
January 28th, 2009It’s because I have no choice and I think a true artist should always have that as an answer. If you know why you paint, well, maybe you’re not driven by painting and waking up and have to face the empty canvas. So if you don’t know, it’s much better than if you know.
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Give me 3 oranges and give me 2 towers and life would be beautiful.
-Philippe Petit
My Teachers
January 14th, 2009Give me a child for seven years, afterwards, let the God or the devil take the child, they cannot change the child.
-Abdul Kalam, Indomitable Spirit
