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Appetite For Solitude

Posted on September 16, 2024 by Brian D. Butler

    Martin Amis, 14 Rules for writers (2009)  

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‘Many try to take us down, but we fight back.’

Posted on September 14, 2024 by Brian D. Butler

A big tip of the hat to TBTP loyal follower Will G. from the UK for reminding me about the project called Anna’s Archive. This literary anarchist site keeps popping back up even when entire nations try to drive a metaphorical stake … Continue reading →

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To Be Hopeful

Posted on July 28, 2024 by Brian D. Butler

                            To Be Hopeful “To be hopeful in bad times is not just foolishly romantic. It is based on the fact that human history is a history … Continue reading →

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‘Like all hotel rooms, this one’s asking you / to cry’

Posted on July 22, 2024 by Brian D. Butler

The Gotham Hotel by K. Iver   has twenty-five floors. Its letters hum to pedestrians in large metal serif. From Floor 19, you can see offices across the street, suits dimming their desk lamps. Like all hotel rooms, this one’s … Continue reading →

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That Girl

Posted on July 10, 2024 by Brian D. Butler

Like many art lovers, I am a sucker for Vermeer’s wonderful paintings. And, of course, I am fascinated by the mysterious “Girl with the Pearl Earring.” Whenever I am in the Netherlands, I make time to visit the underappreciated Mauritshuis … Continue reading →

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Anyone who keeps the ability to see beauty never grows old

Posted on July 3, 2024 by Brian D. Butler

Franz Kafka, born on this day in 1883. “You do not need to leave your room. Remain sitting at your table and listen. Do not even listen, simply wait, be quiet still and solitary. The world will freely offer itself … Continue reading →

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All and Sundry Sundays

Posted on May 12, 2024 by Brian D. Butler

The London GreenGround Map: Created Helen Ilus, the London GreenGround Map is a wonderful sort of London transit map analog for the city’s green spaces, mapping connections and routes between public parks and gardens and areas less impacted by urbanization, … Continue reading →

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Call it die Schweiz, Suisse, Svizzera,or Svizra, or Switzerland, it’s all the same

Posted on May 11, 2024 by Brian D. Butler

Switzerland Tourism has updated its brand with a new visual identity, unveiling a logo that departs from the Gold Flower used for nearly three decades. The new design, created by Zurich-based branding agency MADE Identity, denotes “a brand universe as … Continue reading →

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“You’re a Genius all the time”

Posted on May 7, 2024 by Brian D. Butler

Jack Kerouac’s 30-point list, entitled Belief and Technique for Modern Prose offers items like “You’re a genius all the time,” “No fear or shame in the dignity of yr experience, language & knowledge” and “Accept loss forever,” the list is … Continue reading →

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Bilbo’s Last Song

Posted on March 31, 2024 by Brian D. Butler

Bilbo’s Last Song (At Grey Havens) is a poem about leaving Middle-Earth. It first appeared, as seen here, as a poster published in 1974 by George Allen & Unwin Ltd., the original English publisher of his famous novels, with illustrations … Continue reading →

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