Month: July 2020
if my words are not startling, death itself is without rest – Tu Fu
Taleb sez to predict a black-swan event
is to admit that one is not an expert
one who knows what to expect in the Future –
no one knows, that’s a moral cert,
…
naite ku ra su mo is sho, warrate ku ra su mo is sho
the linotype converted metal ingots
into characters that were set in tablets
to build pages of a newspaper edition
temporarily cast in stone,
…
the universe is a bubble inflated by dark energy
something there is that doesn’t love a vacuum,
perhaps the “Universal Will To Become”?
. . . means making nothing
out of something is doomed
to failure
…
The effect of capitalism on art and letters
obscuring the memory
of the best work of the past and doing its vill-
ainous utmost to impede the work of contemporary
creators. …
pudibundery
”My Gawddd! This is a
ROTTEN number of Poetry” …
Catholic Anthology, Ezra Pound
another of his several successful failures of this kind. …
etude # 25156 – monochrome jewels
Like a daydream she tried her poses
in a light united with her candor
…