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Archive for January 2015
I’m a pessimist because of intelligence,
but an optimist because of will.
Antonio Gramsci
Jellyfish fanzine on sale in Berlin
Well here’s a bit of exciting news – Renate Comics in Berlin is selling Killer Jellyfish Do Denmark. So if you are near Tucholsky Straße in Berlin, feel free to drop by and check out not only the great comics on sale but their fantastic comic library.
L'invitation au voyage
Là, tout n'est qu'ordre et beauté,
Luxe, calme et volupté.
Charles Baudelaire
Les Voeux – Jacques Brel
1er janvier 1968 Je vous souhaite d’être vous Je vous souhaite des rêves à n’en plus finir, et l’envie furieuse d’en réaliser quelques-uns. Je vous souhaite d’aimer ce qu’il faut aimer, et d’oublier ce qu’il faut oublier. Je vous souhaite des passions. Je vous souhaite des silences. Je vous souhaite des chants d’oiseaux au réveil […]
The most regretful people on earth are those who felt the call to creative work, who felt their own creative power restive and uprising, and gave to it neither power nor time.
Mary Oliver
What I Have Learned So Far – Mary Oliver
Meditation is old and honorable, so why should I not sit, every morning of my life, on the hillside, looking into the shining world? Because, properly attended to, delight, as well as havoc, is suggestion. Can one be passionate about the just, the ideal, the sublime, and the holy, and yet commit to no labor […]
Considering how dangerous everything is, nothing is really very frightening
Getrude Stein