vignettes of the nite XLIII: be the better person
Tea bag sagacity (get it where you can). Tweet
Category Archives : Psychically-Speaking
vignettes of the nite XL: the academy awards, vicariously
(“A commercial society whose members are essentially ascetic and indifferent in social ritual has to be provided with blueprints and specifications for evoking the right tone for every occasion.” Marshall McLuhan) C’mon, its funny! I missed the Academy Awards tonite, but I had to share Justin Vivian Bond’s tweets, which I cut-and-pasted from v’s FB […]
vignettes of the nite XXXIX: my last will and tree-ament
I’ve always believed trees were higher beings so this is how I want to go. Before the Bios Urn existed this was my plan. To come back as a tree. And the idea of converting cemeteries into forests…just sings to me. How hopeful to find the coffin of your dreams! Tweet
vignettes of the nite XXXIII: beauty and the beast
Lady Amherst’s Pheasant. Have you ever seen such gorgeousness? I’m enthralled. And of course in a Google search, I find out people are breeding and selling them! Why? Because they can. Its like when I recently read that in traditional Chinese medicine the bile of black bears is extracted (after caging and painful process) for […]
to boycott or not to boycott, is that the question?
(“the beautifying lie.” – Milan Kundera on fascist kitsch) Sochi opening ceremonies; Russia’s Police Choir Covers Daft Punk’s Get Lucky I’ve been very conflicted about whether to watch the Olympics in support of LGBTQ athletes, or not in protest against Putin and the corporate sponsors of the games…I was leaning toward the former in hopes […]
light in darkness
In honor of Winter Solstice…make of it what you will! There are two ways of spreading light; to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it. – Edith Wharton (from Vesalius in Zante, 1902) Mona Hatoum, Current Disturbance, 1996 (White Chapel, 2011 installation) I love this the quote, and when I thought of coupling […]