March 19, 2003
For the sake of continuity
For the sake of continuity and saving face, I present the following:
I wonder what happened to my brother.
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From oral arguments in U.S.
From oral arguments in U.S. v. American Library Association:
Olson: Justice Scalia-- I mean, Justice Souter--
Souter: You do me a great honor but I--
(laughter)
Souter: I am Souter.
Olson: I think I was expecting the next question.
(laughter)
Scalia: I wasn't even leaning forward.
U.S. v. American Library Association
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Poetry: An excerpt from "six
Poetry:
An excerpt from "six nonlectures" by ee cummings:
Fine and dandy: but, so far as I am concerned, poetry and every other art was and is and forever will be strictly and distinctly a question of individuality. If poetry were anything-- like dropping an atombomb-- which anyone did, anyone could become a poet merely by doing the necessary anything; whatever that anything might or might not entail. But (as it happens) poetry is being, not doing. If you wish to follow, even at a distance, the poet's calling (and here, as always, I speak from my own totally biased and entirely personal point of view) you've fot to come out of the measurable doing universe into the immeasurable house of being. I am quite aware that, wherever our socalled civilization has slithered, there's every reward and no punishment for unbeing. But if poetry is your goal, you've got to forget all about punishments and all about rewards and all about selfstyled obligations and duties and responsibilities etcetera ad infinitum and remember one thing only: that it's you-- nobody else-- who determine your destiny and decide your fate. Nobody else can be alive for you; nor can you be alive for anybody else. Toms can be Dicks and Dicks can be Harrys but none of them can ever be you. There's the artist's responsibility; and the most awful responsibility on earth. If you can take it, take it-- and be. If you can't, cheer up and go about outher people's business; and do (or undo) till you drop.
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Grrr?: Ordinarily I would delete
Grrr?:
Ordinarily I would delete the "Grrr" but now that Jonathan has linked to it . . . I'll leave it. It was there as a test post to Blogger, trying to circumvent a publishing error.
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