quentin elk

#melvillemonday

Print shows a flying ship proposed by Brazilian Jesuit Bartolomeu de Gusmão (1685-1724). Etching is possibly from an 18th century publication.

Katsushika Hokusai

Annie Mae

John Ashbery

“in clear disarray”

puck drop looked great; loved canadian national anthem too

skimming some john ashbery today

it is the basic condition of life, to be required to violate your own identity

i’m reading the big sleep …

what’s everyone reading here. a group is reading the magic mountain on the other app

September 1, 1939 I sit in one of the dives

I and the public know
What all schoolchildren learn,
Those to whom evil is done
Do evil in return.
W. H. Auden
poets.org/poem/septemb...

D. confession time. i like to lay myself down while i read

this site is kind of like my therapy; won’t work until i go all in

i’m a little worried about how to navigate this place

i’m so glad i only had to take one basic chemistry course in college. anything at the 200 level would have made me drop out

ok. but where are the room rater posts?

the hype surrounding Oppenheimer reminds me of leslie marmon silko's _ceremony and its discussion of WWII nuclear testing, and the impact on body, psychology, and land from the perspective of an pueblo soldier. recommended reading