Charlie Huston's Blog, page 82

"The image that I shall leave when I’m dead — we’ve already said that this is part of a poet’s works..."

“The image that I shall leave when I’m dead — we’ve already said that this is part of a poet’s works — and maybe the most important — I don’t know exactly what it will be, I don’t know if I’ll be viewed with indulgence, with indifference, or with hostility. Of course, that’s of little importance to me now; what does matter to me is not what I’ve written but what I am writing and what I’m going to write. And I think this is how every writer feels. Alfonso Reyes said that one published what he...

The bat tree squirrel slaughter was just like this.Only with a...

The bat tree squirrel slaughter was just like this.

Only with a regular size squirrel instead of a giant rat, and a paper bat instead of a person.

Otherwise, exactly the same.

The Slaughter of the Bats!We did a bat tree to go with the...

The Slaughter of the Bats!

We did a bat tree to go with the skull fence.

A half-dozen paper bats flitting in the admittedly un-fall-like southern California breezes. They were not so much spooky as cute.

Squirrels must have something against cute.

Because this morning I look out the window and a squirrel is absolutely ravaging one of the bats. I mean, that little arboreal rodent was ripping that bat a new asshole. It balled it up, gnawed it ferociously, and tore it from its yarn morning before di...

Hey, Do you Know if Charlie Huston is writing any more books?

I’m not sure how to answer this.

I mean, is third person appropriate?

Perhaps the royalwe?

I’ll keep it simple.

Yes, I do know if Charlie Huston (I) is (am) writing any more books.

He (I) published SKINNER last July, and he (I) am working on his (my) next book which will publish when it’s done.

I am Charlie Huston.

And I don’t mean that in anI am Spartacus kind of way.

Wings (1927)The Cinefamily Tumblr is like a gateway drug to...

Wings (1927)

The Cinefamily Tumblr is like a gateway drug to film history. I mean, how can you look at those Gifs and not want to watchWings right now?

strandbooks:Susan Sontag as a bear and other authors dressed...

strandbooks:

Susan Sontag as a bear and other authors dressed for Halloween, courtesy of Flavor Wire. Good stuff, particularly Twain, as per usual.

It’s a Susan Sontag kind of day on the old dashboard.

Goes that way sometimes.

"[Scientists] found that emotionally charged writing activated areas of the brain which are known to..."

“[Scientists] found that emotionally charged writing activated areas of the brain which are known to respond to music. Predominantly on the right side, these regions had previously been shown to give rise to the “shivers down the spine” feeling caused by an emotional response to music. The researchers found that when study participants read one of their favorite passages of poetry, regions of the brain associated with memory were stimulated more strongly than “reading areas.” This suggests th...

"A writer, I think, is someone who pays attention to the world. That means trying to understand, take..."

“A writer, I think, is someone who pays attention to the world. That means trying to understand, take in, connect with, what wickedness human beings are capable of; and not be corrupted — made cynical, superficial — by this understanding.”

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Susan Sontag on literature and freedom (via explore-blog)

Yeah, okay Susan, I hear you.

I’m working on it, just keep reminding me every now and then.

afp-photo:BRAZIL, Rio de Janeiro : People sunbath at the...

afp-photo:

BRAZIL, Rio de Janeiro: People sunbath at the beach by a line of Brazil of National Force security personnel blocking the beach in front of the hotel where Brazil’s National Petroleum Agency (ANP) will auction drilling rights to one of the world’s largest offshore oil discoveries, in Barra de Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on October 21, 2013. Bidding on the coveted Libra oil field - which contains an estimated eight to 12 billion barrels of recoverable crude - opens Monday with 11...

Skull fence, as conceived by my five-year-old daughter.Daddy is...

Skull fence, as conceived by my five-year-old daughter.

Daddy is so proud.