las parcas 1 and 3 bromoil transfer on paper (1930)
from a triptych by Spanish photographer Joaquim Pla Janini (1879 – 1970) based on Les Parcae (the Fates).
Daily Archives: November 21, 2012
aldous and kurt on being kind
Hello babies. Welcome to Earth. It’s hot in the summer and cold in the winter. It’s round and wet and crowded. On the outside, babies, you’ve got a hundred years here. There’s only one rule that I know of, babies ―”God damn it, you’ve got to be kind”.
― Kurt Vonnegut, from God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater
hafez on loneliness
Don’t surrender your loneliness so quickly.
Let it cut more deeply.
Let it ferment and season you
as few humans and even divine ingredients can.
Something missing in my heart tonight
has made my eyes so soft,
my voice so tender,
my need for God absolutely clear.
~ Hāfez
Biographical note:
Khwāja Šams ud-Dīn Muhammad Hāfez-e Šīrāzī, or simply Hāfez (Persian: خواجه شمسالدین محمد حافظ شیرازی), was a Persian mystic and poet. He was born sometime between the years 1310 and 1337. John Payne, who has translated the Diwan Hafez, regards Hafez as one of the three greatest poets of the world. His lyrical poems, known as ghazals, are noted for their beauty and bring to fruition the love, mysticism, and early Sufi themes that had long pervaded Persian poetry. Moreover, his poetry possesses elements of modern surrealism.
the exotics – i was alone
US garage psych from 1966.
fleurmach 