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June 17, 2025July 14, 2025 William Eaton

Freedom – at one’s own expense? Pierre Reverdy, Coco Chanel, Eugene Debs

Fake fetus, from photo of paper in toilet bowl, William Eaton, Paris, sep 2024

October 2, 2024June 22, 2025 William Eaton

How do you convert bold ideas into tangible solutions for today’s business environment? (In English, français ¡y español!)

Dominique, par William Eaton, 2023

March 2, 2023March 2, 2023 William Eaton

La propuesta de Carmen . . . et d’autres . . . little things

Line drawing with openings - by William Eaton, 2021

January 5, 2022March 7, 2025 William Eaton

Cuando las espinacas sont propres, the world ends

sound drawing with text, made Quincy College courtyard, 10 Harvard, April 2017, by William Eaton

May 22, 2017January 7, 2025 William Eaton

Phlegm misting the heart

Eva, Art Students League, May 2017, pen and litho crayon, by William Eaton (with background)

May 3, 2017December 14, 2017 William Eaton

Sonnet for 9/27 (version bilingue)

Crayon drawing from Bonnard self-portrait (Le boxeur), by William Eaton, January 2017

March 21, 2017March 21, 2017 William Eaton

In the Age of Thumbs, Help = 4357 (& vice-versa)

Sea Stuff with surround, photo of drawing by William Eaton, colored pencils, February 2017

February 13, 2017February 15, 2017 William Eaton

I had placed my hopes in aporia

September 2, 2014February 11, 2017 William Eaton

Do-it-yourself aphorisms

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Now with more than 12,000 followers, anglophones, hispanohablantes y francophones, and more every day. (And this for posts which may at times be poetry, or not poetry at all.)

The verdict of Google Bard: “Eaton is a thoughtful and insightful writer who explores a wide range of topics in his work. His blog is a must-read for anyone who is interested in contemporary literature and culture.”

The author is pleased, too, to have made a Best Essays list of Notable Essayists.

One long-time follower comments: “Beautiful writing . . . there is an electricity.” Another. “The most difficult (although rewarding) blog I know of.” A kind comment from November 2025: “I wish I could write as beautifully as you do!”

Meanwhile, this collection of poems, aphorisms, short and longer essays, stories, quotations . . . has been expanding and exploring since January 2012.

Almost all the writing, photography, drawing and painting is by William Eaton and © William Eaton. Work regularly registered with the United States Copyright Office (and with thanks to the Office’s expert staff!).

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