Emily M. Danforth's Blog, page 12
May 12, 2014
May 10, 2014
"For all her chic thinness, she had an almost breakfast-cereal air of health, a soap-and-lemon..."
“For all her chic thinness, she had an almost breakfast-cereal air of health, a soap-and-lemon cleanness, a rough pink darkening of the cheeks.”
- Truman Capote, Breakfast at Tiffany’s (via gabbigolightly)
- Truman Capote, Breakfast at Tiffany’s (via gabbigolightly)
moshita:
Skulls made of toy soldiers and flowers
Mr. Joe...
Mr. Joe Black | posted by moshita.org
Mr. Joe Black | posted by moshita.org
Mr. Joe Black | posted by moshita.org
Mr. Joe Black | posted by moshita.org
Mr. Joe Black | posted by moshita.org
Skulls made of toy soldiers and flowers
"I think that a single identifier for a writer is simply to be deeply connected to the truth, and to..."
“I think that a single identifier for a writer is simply to be deeply connected to the truth, and to serve nothing else—to treat it as something sort of sacred. In my deepest alone moments, I think that writing is a sacred act and that’s why it is in some ways a violation to do it. And that’s why you should do it with the most truthfulness you can. Even if you’re writing a cartoon, it just shouldn’t be a lie. That being said, to be good is an ideal. I don’t know how to be good. I know I shouldn’t kick a dog, never mind a child. But after that it gets complicated. I don’t know how to sort the day. I like that moment before you know who you are, when you wake up in the morning and you don’t really know who you are yet. Almost everything you do after that is wrong. Just about everything. The cup of coffee, the toast, it involves a series of wrongs, and I don’t know how to extricate myself from that. I try to attempt to do less of them, but how to not do any of them, how to be completely good—not even completely good—how to just be good enough: I don’t know.”
- Jamaica Kincaid, as interviewed by Ru Freeman in the new issue of Pen America (via mttbll)
- Jamaica Kincaid, as interviewed by Ru Freeman in the new issue of Pen America (via mttbll)
May 9, 2014
May 8, 2014
"I think art has a right—not an obligation—to be difficult if it wishes."
““I think art has a right—not an obligation—to be difficult if it wishes.””
- Geoffrey Hill (via theparisreview)
- Geoffrey Hill (via theparisreview)
May 7, 2014
"I sort of follow an eighty page plan. I write eighty pages without worrying about what I’m doing, or..."
“I sort of follow an eighty page plan. I write eighty pages without worrying about what I’m doing, or what anyone will think of it, or even what it is, exactly. And when I’m done with those eighty pages, I print them out and have a look at what I’ve got, as opposed to what I fantasized I’d have. Then I make drastic changes. Eighty pages is enough pages for a writer to feel she’s accomplished something, but it’s not so many pages that, if she decides to put aside the book, she’ll feel as if she’s wasted her life.”
- Meg Wolitzer (via mttbll)
- Meg Wolitzer (via mttbll)
May 5, 2014
L.P. Hartley, in his foreword to The Go-Between.
L.P. Hartley, in his foreword to The Go-Between.
fer1972:
artchipel:
Curator’s Monday 150
Rafael Sottolichio...
Rafael Sottolichio (b.1972, Chile/Canada) - Engloutis
Born in Santiago, Chile, Rafael Sottolichio immigrated to Montreal at a very young age. Since completing his studies in Santiago and in Montreal, he has been exhibiting his painting in numerous galléries and showrooms throughout Quebec. (src. District MTL)
© All images courtesy the artist
[more Rafael Sottolichio | Curator’s Monday with fer1972]
Thank you, artchipel! Sottolichio is fantastic…
