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If a composition has no strangeness, there is no virtue in its stability. Stability without strangeness is the work of a commonplace hand; strangeness without stability, of an immature hand. —Gong Xian Quoted by Eve Tushnet.
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Weekend Music My friend Robert sent these to me a few days ago, and it was not until last night that I had a chance to listen to them. So, though it may seem perverse to label as "weekend music" a song as gloomy as this one, and more so to include two versions of…
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…is so very much justified by this: I am not a very adventurous person, physically, but I would like to do that. I suppose "fun" isn't exactly the right word… There's a sort of strange intriguing Dominican tie-in on the YouTube page.
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It seems like a good idea: instead of rule by people who had no more qualification than that they were the offspring of the previous ruler, or someone closely connected to the previous ruler, or simply the strongest, meanest, and most cunning, we should let the country be ruled by smart people. But mere intelligence…
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Sunday Night Journal — November 7, 2011 For many years I’ve thought of writing some sort of lengthy appreciation of W.S. Merwin, but the project has never made it to the top of my list, and it’s time I accepted the possibility that it never will. Last year when he was appointed Poet Laureate I…
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While searching a guidebook to the trees of north American this morning, I discovered that there is a tree called the Caucasian Wingnut.
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The area directly north of where I live, and north of Mobile Bay, is a huge river delta that goes on for many miles inland. It's said to be a beautiful and important piece of semi-aquatic wilderness, though I've never seen much of it. A few years ago the state of Alabama opened a facility…
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Weekend Music I was reminded of this by mention in another thread of an album by The Waterboys of Yeats poems set to music. This is the title song of an album by Laïs which features several Yeats poems, including two settings of "Leda and the Swan," one in English and one in what I take…
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When I was about ten years old, I used to design cities. It was very easy, and I was surprised that everyone before me had made such a hash of it. I could conclude only that the world had hitherto been populated by fools. That's the opening of "Brutal Blueprints," an interesting piece by Theodore…
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This long profile is very well done and illuminating. When I was looking for information the other night I saw a lot of commentaries on the spiritual dimension of Welch's work. I didn't have time to stop and read most of them, but the title of this one, "Blessed With a Dark Turn of Mind,"…
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