May 13, 2012
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On the floor his eyes were even with the line of the burning wood and he could see the line of the flame where it left the wood and it made him both sad and happy. …He thought that it was probably wrong to burn it when he was so fond of it; but he felt no guilt about it.

May 11, 2012
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May 9th 2012. Flamenco Beach, Puerto Rico.

May 9th 2012. Flamenco Beach, Puerto Rico.

May 1, 2012
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Home, April 30th, 2012.

Home, April 30th, 2012.

Apr 29, 2012
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Ph.D. student bananagrams

Ph.D. student bananagrams

Apr 28, 2012
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Dead mountain mouth of carious teeth that cannot spit There is not even silence in the mountains But dry sterile thunder without rain There is not even solitude in the mountains                 T. S. Eliot,The Waste Land              

Dead mountain mouth of carious teeth that cannot spit

There is not even silence in the mountains

But dry sterile thunder without rain

There is not even solitude in the mountains

                T. S. Eliot,The Waste Land              

Apr 28, 2012
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Gins.

Gins.

Apr 23, 2012
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writing

a misplaced trust in the ability of strings of words to ever, really ever, say anything more than those words, individually, placed end to end

Apr 20, 2012
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Taking Emotions Out of Our Schools

Very rarely do I accept arguments against standardized tests, which I generally see as a flawed-but-unavoidable function of a broadening, economically diverse society struggling to valorize anything.

This one—simple, traditional, pragmatic, and bizarrely optimistic without a shred of unreasonable idealism—is pretty good. I buy it.

Apr 17, 2012
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Apr 6, 2012
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Listen to me: If you want to be terrific, don’t take the advice of all those assholes who don’t know shit. You gotta not only do great work, you gotta be a good person. And in order to do innovative, exciting, dramatic work that is unusual — in any field — you have to be courageous. When I did those Esquire covers that are in the Museum of Modern Art, I didn’t need the courage to do the work. I did these very iconic covers that were shocking, but I didn’t need balls. The editor needed balls to say, “Hey, Lois knows what he’s doing. I love his covers.” I’m saying, use your head. Think things through. You gotta be proud of yourself. You gotta believe in something. You can’t live a bullshit life.
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Yes.

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