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đź’¬ King Lear:

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So we’ll live,/ And pray, and sing, and tell old tales, and laugh/ At gilded butterflies, and hear poor rogues/ Talk of court news; and we’ll talk with them too-/ Who loses and who wins; who’s in, who’s out-/ And take upon ’s the mystery of things,As if we were God’s spies; and we’ll wear out,/...

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He’s wondering where my donut went. Gorgeous Monday in Santa Barbara, CA

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A few from my Pentax 17

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Finished reading: Waiting for God by Simone Weil đź“š

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“The beautiful is that which we desire without wishing to eat it. We desire that it should be.”

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“Friendship is not to be sought, not to be dreamed, not to be desired; it is to be exercised. It is a virtue.”

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“For a religion is known only from inside.”

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“It is good to reflect on what forces us to come out of ourselves.”

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“We want to get behind beauty, but we only find its surface.”

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“It is because beauty has no end in view that it constitutes the only finality here below. For here below there are no ends. All things that we take for ends are...

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đź’¬ Finished reading: The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion đź“š

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“A single person is missing for you, and the whole world is empty.” — Philippe Ariès, quoted by Joan Didion

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“You can love more than one person — of course you can. But marriage is something different. Marriage is memory, marriage is time… Marriage is also, paradoxically, the denial of time. For forty years I saw myself through John’s eyes. I did not age.”

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“I know why we try to keep the dead alive: we try to keep them alive in order to keep them with us. I also know that if we are to live ourselves there comes a point at which we...

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Glad I didn’t go to a listening party for Drakes new album(s), it’s mostly him being sore and repeating Kendrick’s lines that probably keep him up at night and repeating his own lines and flows. Anyway. It’s Friday and here is a sweet poem by Emily Dickinson.

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Excited for the new Drake album dropping tonight, just heard a leak and I am ready for his dramatic music – looking up nyc listening parties now 🫪

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there is no printer that truly works

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I’m very much back on Spotify after a well-fought battle to move to Apple Music…

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🎵 Songs going into the week listening to:

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Do You Think I’m Pretty by Racing Mount Pleasant

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Tail by uri gagarn

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Changes by David Bowie

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Nothing Takes the Place of You by Toussaint McCall

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I So Liked Spring by Linda Smith

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A...

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Finished reading: Obit by Victoria Chang đź“š

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“What if we call the waiter over and God comes instead?”

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Wish I could get my hands on all my favorite artists music playlists Finished reading: Something Close to Music: Late Art Writings, Poems, and… by John Ashbery 📚

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💬 “The death of a parent, despite our preparation—indeed, despite our age—dislodges something deep in us, sets off reactions that surprise us and that dredge up memories and feelings that we thought gone to ground long ago. We might, in that indeterminate period we call mourning, be in a submarine on an...

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Finished reading: The Yellow Wall-Paper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman đź“š

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Love this video/edit of this goat dodging an attack. Such a strange animal…

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🎵 Music from the week:

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whats good - Oklou
\nPiotr Wiese - Waltz in B
\nJanet Jackson - Someone To Call My Lover
\nHenry Badowski - Henry’s In Love

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Thrilled to see one of my favorite musical artists Oklou at Teriminal 5 in New York City last night. She was incredible. 🎹🧚

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Finished reading: How to Maintain Eye Contact by Robert Wood Lynn đź“š

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Finished reading: Transcription by Ben Lerner đź“š

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💬 “And death with a top hat quietly laughing at us as he passed, even that we will miss. Even that we loved.” - Steve Scafidi

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Excerpt from Letters to a Young Poet: cynthiacliff.micro.blog

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🌬️ Failing and Flying by Jack Gilbert

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Brooklyn tonight

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Gorgeous hot spring day at Columbia University

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I love love love a baseball game. And I love to see the Yankees beat Anaheim.

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🎵 Songs for the week:

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Still Crazy After All These Years by Paul Simon
\nOut of Town by Water From Your Eyes
\nloose ends by Holywatr
\nHangin' On by Al Green
\nCristo Redentor by Donald Byrd
\n(for working out or dancing with friends!) BEAT UP CHANEL$ by Slayyyter

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