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"The destruction of representational images is due to the destruction of a hierarchy which is no longer recognized. It is the violation of generally established and universally visible and valid distances." — Sep 08, 2026 07:57AM
"The destruction of representational images is due to the destruction of a hierarchy which is no longer recognized. It is the violation of generally established and universally visible and valid distances." — Sep 08, 2026 07:57AM
That’s what I was thinking as I sang, though in actual fact I have never believed in any personalized distribution of eternal Light. No Lord God is going to see to it, no celestial accountant. It would be hard for one individual to bear so
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“When the jay pushes off into air, it leaves on my skin the firm live impression of its departure.”
― It Lasts Forever and Then It's Over
― It Lasts Forever and Then It's Over
“Were there any auguries of her death coming like grey birds in migration?”
― The Renovation
― The Renovation
“My father told me they were on guard for the future. He said this was the creation of a country – no! this was a country; a country is a constant struggle.”
― The Renovation
― The Renovation
“Negation is the ability to take a distance from what-is, which increasingly becomes more difficult, given that the whole logic of our society is based on an ideology which insists that only what-is exists, or is possible, and that there is no place for anything outside of what already exists.”
― Mimesis, Expression, Construction: Fredric Jameson's Seminar on Aesthetic Theory
― Mimesis, Expression, Construction: Fredric Jameson's Seminar on Aesthetic Theory
“Later I was filled with so much regret, thinking back on it, because these were the times of dignity, or posterity, or legacy, or whatever you want to call the vestigial moments of a life. I could have talked to him and made meaning of things with him.”
― The Renovation
― The Renovation
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