“I’m sorry, but I don’t get it.” “What don’t you get?” “Well, this line.” “This one right here?” “For instance.” “What don’t you get about it?” “What it means!” “What do you think it means?” “I have no idea.” “Well,… Read More ›
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Drawing, Conversation, Life
Le brouillon d’une version en français se trouve ci-dessous Most artists, before they have begun to draw—in a studio, with a model—have made any number of decisions. What materials they are going to work with and on; the scale… Read More ›
Conversation . . . Evil . . . Emerson . . . Jesus . . . Conversation
Last night I went out to dinner with three intelligent, highly educated people. We had the usual sort of conversation or conversations—a few bits about our current lives and our pasts, relatives; a few bits based on things, news… Read More ›
“It was fun!” (Je me suis bien amusée !)
I drafted this essay in French and then translated it into English, exploring a few nuances in the process. The results appear below in a bilingual format. Pdfs uniquement en français or just in English are available for the clicking. The images,… Read More ›
Does reading interrupt life, or life reading?
A few new one- and two-liners to ring in a new format for Montaigbakhtinian. Lesson of the body surfer: The size of the wave matters and so does your position, and your courage. There is some connection between God, or… Read More ›
Of Miracles
FROM SEQUENCE 2013 February 2013 . . . as long as the world endures. For so long, I presume, will the accounts of miracles and prodigies be found in all history, sacred and profane. — David Hume A beautiful winter… Read More ›
One Summer Evening
FROM SEQUENCE 3 September 2001 One summer evening walking home in New York I saw ahead of me a middle-aged man, one arm holding fast to a newspaper dispenser, a paper cup for spare change dangling from the other arm…. Read More ›
