Luis Soares's Blog, page 627
June 6, 2013
June 5, 2013
Michael Lassell - How to watch your brother die
when the call comes, be calm.
say to your wife, "my brother is dying. i have to fly
to california."
try not to be too shocked that he already looks like
a cadaver.
say to the young man sitting by your brother's side,
"i'm his brother."
try not to be shocked when the young man says,
"i'm his lover. thanks for coming."
listen to the doctor with a steel face on.
sign the necessary forms.
tell the doctor you will take care of everything.
wonder why doctors are so remote.
watch the lover's eyes as they stare i...
June 4, 2013
Mark Strand on Edward Hopper.
Pennsylvania Coal Town (1947)
The moment of his looking up seems more than one of distraction. It has the feel of transcendence, as if some revelation were at hand, as if some transforming evidence were encoded in the light. ... It is like an annunciation. The air is stricken with purity. And we are involved in a vision whose source is beyond us, and whose effect is difficult to embrace. After all, we view the scene from the shade. And all we can do from where we stand is meditate on the unspo...
