An object of veneration appears surcharged with meaning. An object of contempt appears devoid of it.
The sage walks through the world.

Voting Democrat is like running into a tree to keep from hitting a child.

Listening to: "Jacob's Ladder" by A. Schoenberg.

"...our Scholar GoH [Guest of Honor] was also from a non-Anglophone background. Editor and translator Marcial Souto told us he grew up in a house with one book, which he read over and over again even though its beginning and end had fallen off and were lost. ...He discussed the joys and problems of translating: being 'the most attentive reader the book will ever have' and knowing that even in the least of books there is something to lose." --Arthur Hlavaty, in Nice Distinctions 6

Seeking, i grow superstitious. They play a rarity on the radio & i take it for a sign.

Sedlec. (via Planing Lakes)

Painting is Back.