Mar
09
I am on a Claude Lévi-Strauss kick, so indulge me, kindly. During World War II, Lévi-Strauss escaped Vichy France for New York, where he taught at the New School and developed a great affection for America. I was especially taken aback by this passage this morning from Tristes Tropiques: “Those who maintain that New [...]
Mar
08
Today, as I write my dissertation on anthropology and the art of storytelling, I am steeped in Claude Lévi-Strauss and his writings on myth and meaning. I discovered this interesting passage in which he explained that he had always hoped to become a musician. Central Park, NYC “I have always dreamed since childhood [...]
Jan
28
“The tide abides for, tarrieth for no man, stays no man, tide nor time tarrieth no man.” Plaster casts from Salisbury Cathedral, at Cornell’s A.D. White Collection. The cathedral contains the world’s oldest working clock, dated AD 1386. This strain of bacteria was cultured from intertidal sand grains from a beach in [...]
Jan
24
Revelation can be more perilous than Revolution. – Vladimir Nabokov There Is No Word By Tony Hoagland There isn’t a word for walking out of the grocery store with a gallon jug of milk in a plastic sack that should have been bagged in double layers —so that [...]
Aug
08
In Algeria, I had begun to get into literature and philosophy. I dreamed of writing… – Jacques Derrida
Aug
07
Flickr user ralphrepo has beautifully restored these early photographs of China, making the images pop out of history with a new life. There are more stunners available here.
May
21
To understand what is happening in these maps, click here. But if you’re like me and you’d rather just look at colorful, abstract pictures of the world’s cities without understanding, then view below. New York London Paris San Francisco Berlin Tokyo More [...]
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