Congratulations... (English translation after...Close, I'm told...I think.) “Di mana ada kehidupan, di situ pasti ada kematian. Mati itu mudah ; hiduplah yang sulit. Semakin berat kehidupan yang dihadapi, semakin kuat keinginan untuk bertahan. Dan semakin besar ketakutan untuk mati, semakin besar pula perjuangan untuk terus hidup.” ― Mo Yan, Big Breasts and Wide Hips "Where there is… Continue reading (Video) Mo Yan, China, 2012 Winner of The Nobel Prize for Literature,
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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 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
Digital Blinks, Part 3
"Just nice to see them"....(above blink) Grand Rapids, Michigan. Now, back to the words...
Adventures In American Writing 