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Author Archives: Brian D. Butler
Only wait a while and listen.
I recently had a sad conversation with my sister about someone who we both loved who took his own life many years ago. It reminded me of this moving poem by Pulitzer-winning poet Galway Kinnell addressed to a student of his … Continue reading
Into the Rabbit Hole
Urban Artist Julien Malland became Seth Globepainter in the 90s when he began to paint in the streets of Paris. Looking to open doors to people’s unconsciousness, their youth and their dreams, Malland’s works feature a reoccurring theme of childhood. … Continue reading
oh, the streets of Rome are filled with rubble
These postcards of the ancient landmarks of Rome were created using the Photochrom process, which adds precise gradations of artificial color to black and white photos. Invented by Swiss printer Orell Gessner Fussli, the process involved creating lithographic stone from … Continue reading
Story Time
Come Together: 3,000 Years of Stories and Storytelling is running at The Morgan Library & Museum focusing on the rich history of storytelling through 140 literary works and other objects from its own collection alongside loans. On view through May 3, it highlights … Continue reading
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Tagged Canterbury Tales, Henry David Thoreau, Maurice Sendak, Ulysses
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And the servile to serve a Leader and the dupes to be duped.
BE ANGRY AT THE SUN Robinson Jeffers That public men publish falsehoods Is nothing new. That America must accept Like the historical republics corruption and empire Has been known for years. Be angry at the sun for setting If these … Continue reading
Write like an Egyptian
“It feels really amazing that the techniques that I use to carve stone are just the same that have been used for thousands of years,” sculptor and stone carver Miriam Johnson shares in this video for the Victoria and Albert Museum. While Johnson traces a … Continue reading
Slava Ukraini
Every year on the anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, artist Teun Castelein charters barrel organs to play the Ukrainian national anthem all day long directly in front of the Russian embassy in The Hague. Each year he adds … Continue reading
Five Centuries of Vulgarity
Green’s Dictionary of Slang has become available as a free website, giving you access to an even more updated version of the dictionary. Collectively, the website lets you trace the development of slang over the past 500 years. The website allows lookups … Continue reading
The reader is a friend, not an adversary, not a spectator
Jonathan Franzen’s “10 rules for novelists”: The reader is a friend, not an adversary, not a spectator. Fiction that isn’t an author’s personal adventure into the frightening or the unknown isn’t worth writing for anything but money. Never use the … Continue reading
Travel Between The Pages 