December 2011
97 posts
walmart: ETYMOLOGY OF SIN / FACT →
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sin (n.)
O.E. synn ”moral wrongdoing, offense against God, misdeed,” from P.Gmc. *sundjo (cf. O.S. sundia, O.Fris. sende, M.Du. sonde, Ger. Sünde ”sin, transgression, trespass, offense”), probably ult. “true” (cf. Goth. sonjis, O.N. sannr ”true”), from…
corvco:
“misanthropomorphic”
Oversets: In the long tail of history, the... →
In the long tail of history, the airplane is more myth than reality. This is not hyperbole, but a matter of percentage. In 10,000 years of culture, the century-old technology has been impossible far more than possible. It has been magic more than science. It has been spiritual more than…
ALL LANGUAGE IS BEATBOXING
thewww:
of the /b/ words of physical contact, essentially all are violent (bat, beat, bash, bonk,…). And unlike their counterparts starting with /p/ (prick, pike, pin, poke,…), they rarely pierce the surface.
“Sense is this wonderful word which is used in two opposite meanings. On the one...”
– Christian Kerslake, The Vertigo of Philosophy: Deleuze and the Problem of Immanence (via hollovv)
“In prose you start with the world
and find the words to match; in poetry you...”
– Charles Bernstein, “Dysraphism” (1983). (via pilgrimsoulinme)
“‘Sigil’ as a word is out of date. All this magic stuff needs new terminology...”
– Grant Morrison (via thenewabnormal)
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“11.
We join spokes together in a wheel,
but it is the center hole
that makes...”
– Lao-tzu, Tao Te Ching (via calyxxxx)
WALK BACKWARDS
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“To be sure, we have repressed the magic(k)al into the subjectivity, but there is...”
– Maurice Merleau-Ponty, The Visible and the Invisible
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“The only way to think of the negative is to think that it is not, and the only...”
– Maurice Merleau-Ponty, The Visible and the Invisible
“bones outside
one bite
then the marrow.
bones outside
one bite
then the...”
– traditional (via corvco)
FEED FROM THE MARROW.
(via heksenhaus)
“THE CENTIPEDE IS HONEST, FOR IT WEARS ITS BONES ON THE OUTSIDE.”
– .sjb.
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“REMEBER THE DESERT IS HOLY”
– a public service announcement from the bones of the world
“After having struggled madly to solve all problems, after having suffered on the...”
– E. M. Cioran, On the Heights of Despair, trans. Ilinca Zarifopol-Johnston (via proustitute)
“Of all man’s instruments, the most wondrous, no doubt, is the book. The other...”
– Jorge Luis Borges (via bannerword)
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“Things need not have happened to be true. Tales and dreams are the shadow-truths...”
– Neil Gaiman (via dustoncrowns)
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architecture of silence: Language (wordless... →
architectureofsilence:
As language, silence can be the thing and its opposite: eloquent or clumsy, despairing or serene. It can be polite, communicating respect, empathy, or even a form of restraint i.e., abstaining from unkindness or from being drawn into argument or pernicious gossip.
Or it can be impolite,…
“In a 1979 Pasadena conference, John Lilly talked of equipping a GMC stepvan with...”
– (via windhorsepoems)
“An animal’s eyes have the power to speak a great language.”
– Martin Buber (via animalloversforum)
NDAA Set To Become Law: The Terror Is Nearer Than... →
serpentskirts:
“Combined, NDAA and SOPA simply destroy American democracy. That isn’t hype. That isn’t exaggeration. Within a few days, your freedom of speech will be gone — post something controversial online, and the government can legally “disappear” it.
Annoy the government too much, or criticize Congress’ infinite wisdom and mercy, and you may find yourself in military prison for the...
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of execution
the beat of minute vestiges draws from a line or figure praesentia animi an allusion to a lottery Meaning “pull out a weapon” protracting a transient grace note the verb in this sense is dragged to a place of execution
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misterchu replied to your photoset: Motel 6,...
thanks Mister Chu. I am enjoying it very much! Of course, I find I can [join anyplace - typo] enjoy anyplace with the right company. Or anyplace I’ve never been; a break in the routine which brings into focus many aspects of world and self that become blurred by repetition and familiarity.
Also the variety of quality eating places here is something else.
hope you are well - jim
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“A genuine conversation gives me access to thoughts that I did not know myself...”
– Maurice Merleau-Ponty, The Visible and the Invisible
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austin-bound
for the haunting of teksanhaus
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Watchid µ †heƒ† åble - Sähköpos
@autodespair : cantcopewontcope: Neuroscientist... →
cantcopewontcope:
“It is not every day that you are separated from your body and then stabbed in the chest with a kitchen knife.
But such experiences are routine in the lab of Henrik Ehrsson, a neuroscientist at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, who uses illusions to probe, stretch and displace…