Day: October 5, 2012
Writing by Dead Writers/Artists, Glenn Gould
(Music after Words) "The mental imagery involved with pianistic tactilia is not related to the striking of individual keys but rather to the rites of passage between notes. The prerequisite of contrapuntal art, more conspicuous in the work of Bach than in that of any other composer, is an ability to conceive a priori of… Continue reading Writing by Dead Writers/Artists, Glenn Gould
Writing from Dead Writers, Mark Twain
“This book is merely a personal narrative, and not a pretentious history or a philosophical dissertation. It is a record of several years of variegated vagabondizing, and it's object is rather to help the resting reader while away an idle hour than afflict him with metaphysics, or goad him with science.” from Roughing It
Writing by dead writers, William Styron and Gustave Flaubert
Gustave Flaubert: “Be orderly in your life, and ordinary like a bourgeois, in order to be violent and original in your works." William Styron (pictured above): "In depression this faith in deliverance, in ultimate restoration, is absent. The pain is unrelenting, and what makes the condition intolerable is the foreknowledge that no remedy will come-… Continue reading Writing by dead writers, William Styron and Gustave Flaubert
Writing by Dead Writers, Townes Van Zandt
Poncho and Lefty (Music after words) Living on the road my friend Was gonna keep you free and clean Now you wear your skin like iron Your breath's as hard as kerosene You weren't your mama's only boy But her favorite one it seems She began to cry when you said goodbye And sank into… Continue reading Writing by Dead Writers, Townes Van Zandt
