Václav Havel, Disturbing the Peace pg 193 Another thing I should mention here is an interest in language. I’m interested in its ambivalence, its abuse; I’m interested in language as something that fashions life, destinies, and worlds; language as the most important skill; language as ritual and magic charm; the word as a carrier of…
Words and Art and Aspen: A Portrait of Dasa Bausova, the Artist
Submitted by Jamie Lynn Miller on Mon, 03/29/2010 – 20:00 Mixed media artist Dasa Bausova escaped from the Czech Republic and spent a year in an Austrian refugee camp, before finding her way to relatives in the Promised Land – Cleveland, Ohio – at age 16. “In Cleveland, the sun was too low, the sky…
complementary schismogenesis
Deborah Tannen, PhD That’s NOT What I MEANT! pg 129 The situation he depicted is something like the practical joke that can be played using a dual-control electric blanket. If you reverse the controls, the first attempt by either person to make an adjustment will set off a cycle of worsening maladjustment – I…
of the beginning of days
J.R.R. Tolkien The Simarillion pg 41 Now all is said concerning the manner of the Earth ad its rulers in the beginning of days, and ere the world became such as the Children of Iluvatar have known it. For Elves and Men are the Children of Iluvatar; and since they understood not fully that…
cain and abel
John Steinbeck East of Eden pg 355 “I think I can,” Lee answered Samuel. “I think this is the best-known story in the world because it is everybody’s story. I think it is the symbol story of the human soul. I’m feeling my way now – don’t jump on me if I’m not clear. The…
timshel
John Steinbeck East of Eden pg 394 “Do you remember when you read us the sixteen verses of the fourth chapter of Genesis and we argued about them?” “I do indeed. And that’s a long time ago.” “Ten years nearly,” said Lee. “Well, the story bit deeply into me and I went into it word…
monsters
John Steinbeck East of Eden pg 95 I believe there are monsters born in the world to human parents. Some you can see, misshapen and horrible, with huge heads or tiny bodies; some are born with no arms, no legs, some with three arms, no legs, some with three arms, some with tails or mouths…
local art in most prestigious U.S. art show
By Ashlee Fairey, Sun Staff Writer, Snowmass Sun, Tuesday, December 16, 2008 Miami was pulsating with contemporary art in early December, and local valley artists were right in the midst. LivAspenArt, a gallery located at the base of Highlands, exhibited work at Bridge Art Fair Wynwood during Miami’s Art Basel week – the vanguard of today’s art that…
moment
John Steinbeck Of Mice and Men pg 161 As Happens sometimes, a moment settled and hovered and remained for much more than a moment. And sound stopped and movement stopped for much, much more than a moment. Then gradually time awakened again and moved sluggishly on. the horses stamped on the other side of the feeding…
meaning of life
Somerset Maugham Of Human Bondage pg 589 Thinking of Cronshaw, Philip remembered the Persian rug which he had given him, telling him that it offered an answer to his question upon the meaning of life; and suddenly the answer occurred to him: he chuckled: now that he had it, it was like one of the…