Weekend 212.0 (“time stays around us like pools of color”)
(1) The Pursuit of Presence (WSJ) “All of his poems are inextricably linked to the places where they were written. For much of his adult life, Mr. Bonnefoy spent his Continue Reading →
Category Archives: Books
Weekend 211.0 (Some break the rules, and live to count the cost)
(1) Fully Booked: Architect Annabelle Selldorf decodes the Morgan Library’s lofty design (WSJ) (2) Life With and Without Tradition (WSJ) (a) “The story is a cleverly constructed parable about the Continue Reading →
Weekend 210.1
ritratto pietra (1) The War Without a Loser (WSJ) (2) Olympics fever will help to make 2012 the year of the bike (3) Colouroids // Illustrations by Kevin Dart (3a) Continue Reading →
Weekend 209.1 (Tires/Tyres)
Yeah. I’ve added a category for tires/tyres because of my obsession with vulcanized rubber. Photographs of tires/tyres for me are like hi-res food shots to foodies. I watched Tokyo Story Continue Reading →
Weekend 209.0
“What [modern man] wants is a monk’s cell, well lit and heated, with a corner from which he can look at the stars.” – Charles-Édouard Jeanneret (1) #30 / CHRIS Continue Reading →
Serendipitous Woodblock
“It seems reasonable to suppose that people will possess some of the qualities of the buildings they are drawn to: to expect that if they are alive to the charm Continue Reading →
Propinquity
“We seem divided between an urge to override our senses and numb ourselves to our settings and a contradictory impulse to acknowledge the extent to which our identities are indelibly Continue Reading →
Weekend 207.0
Still running post holiday errands so blogging is light…In the meantime: (1) McMahon: Cuomo’s big idea looks like 1970s I saw this on Instapundit and while I think Cuomo’s BIG Continue Reading →
(Parametric) Intelligence
The three qualities of intelligent people (not exhaustive, subject to change and a work in progress): (1) Forecasting “Time and time again, Salazar, for all his lack of his own Continue Reading →
Weekend 205.0
(1) A Colorful Countdown to Christmas: A collection of Advent calendar cards sparks up Germany’s holiday season (2) The Secret World of Arrietty by Studio Ghibli Playmobil on Flickr (3) Continue Reading →