February 28, 2011
P. Protect.
Prudence: The ability to govern and discipline oneself by the use of reason.
Point most distant. Perform. Prosper. Produce. Put it over. Party lines. Prison tattoos. Pull. Paroxysm. Penchant. Peach fuzz. Provenance. Pyre.
O. Onboard.
Opportunity. Omnipotent. Omnipresent. Octopus. Octogon. Opera. Opalescent.
Occam's razor: a scientific and philosophic rule that entities should not be multiplied unnecessarily which is interpreted as requiring that the simplest of competing theories be preferred to the more complex or that explanations of unknown phenomena be sought first in terms of known quantities
February 26, 2011
O. OVERJOYED.
Yes! I stood in the driveway and screamed with excitement. YES!!!!!
February 25, 2011
N. NECESSITY IS THE MOTHER OF INVENTION
nib, neb, nose, neck, nefarious, neptune, nigeria, naked, necklace, newborn, nocturne, nail bed, neophyte, nixon, never, note taker, noble, nonsmoker, nosferatu, negligence, NEXT.
February 24, 2011
February 23, 2011
N. Note.
A NOTE about coming down the mountain.
My doctor said a few weeks ago
that there would be a lot of back and forth
at this point in the work of recovery.
And it has been true; there has been a lot of it.
But mostly,
it is
all
NOLENS VOLENS
NOW.
My doctor said a few weeks ago
that there would be a lot of back and forth
at this point in the work of recovery.
And it has been true; there has been a lot of it.
But mostly,
it is
all
NOLENS VOLENS
NOW.
February 21, 2011
February 20, 2011
February 18, 2011
M. Murderous (rage, pain, hurt).
I worked all day to make these photos and write this post. And more than seven years before that.
February 16, 2011
L. Letters.
(Marcel Duchamp, "Nude Descending a Staircase No. 2")
Love, loss, Ludwig van Beethoven, languish, laugh, life, longing, laxative, linger, Lagavulin, linguistics, Lucretia.
Lunar, list, lost, locate, leaders
Lincoln, lincoln logs, line, line, line, line, line, line, line, line, line, line, line, line.
Lies, legitimate, law, legal, lawyers, lawful.
Layman, lag, lace, labyrinth, lateens, labia, lustmord (text, Jenny Holzer), land, living, linear, lose, light, lightening, linguine, lay, layer, livemath, lady slipper, ladder, lance, larva, lantern, LARYNX, lattice, lasher, leaf, leather, lecturn, leap, LOCOMOTIVE, legume, leopard, leo, letterpress, lichen, lifeboat, lighthouse, lieutenant, lily of the valley, lily, lime, linnet, link, liver, lions, load, lodge, lodged, locust, loom, loggerhead, loon, longirosters, louse, louver, lotus, lucernaria, lute, lug, lugger, lugworm, lungs.
Luna, lyre, LOGOPHILIA, luddite, lance, lone, labor, lemon, loose, lighten, laundry, linens, livewire, libra, limbs, liquid(s), luminescent, Linux, Leonardo da Vinci, Liza Lou, "Little Owl" (Albrecht Durer), Lorenzo Lotto, lay.
Living arts.
February 14, 2011
February 12, 2011
February 11, 2011
H. Hell.
Hell: My mom took me to have an abortion and then pretended she didn't.
Hell: The above made me think I was crazy.
Hell: If there is a real one when we die I like to imagine she has a special place there.
February 10, 2011
F. Freedom.
When I started to FULLY tolerate knowing that my FACE had been FUCKED since age three I FELT a lot of FEAR.
February 9, 2011
February 8, 2011
C. Creative. (And you will have to be to have survived that mess.)
The Center of Gravity
The military Jeep was said
to have had a high center
of gravity, therefore
subject to tipping:
if you took a curve too fast
you might turn over.
A person with very short legs
has a low center of gravity
and will not tip over easily.
The ottoman likewise.
When a person is lying flat
he or she has the lowest center
of gravity possible, as does
a sheet of paper on a table.
People floating around
in outer space have little
or no center of gravity
because there's not enough gravity
to have a center.
Gravidanza is the Italian word
for pregnancy, which sounds
more serious than the English word
and may remind us of sentences such as
"The situation is very grave."
Every situation has gravity,
it's a question of how much.
People too have gravity—
of manner, of morals, and of body.
It is good to have gravity
but not too much of it:
like a bag of cement,
you might not be able to move
around or make ethical distinctions.
But with too little of it
you are flighty, your feet
hardly touch the ground.
Though cement and flightiness
have their charms,
it's better to find
your center of gravity
and have it be the place
you radiate out from.
Once I lay in bed ill, unable to move,
but in my head
I was flying and bouncing around.
But illness has no charm
and when it becomes very grave
your gravity edges toward
the most perfect center of gravity ever.
The Center of Gravity
The military Jeep was said
to have had a high center
of gravity, therefore
subject to tipping:
if you took a curve too fast
you might turn over.
A person with very short legs
has a low center of gravity
and will not tip over easily.
The ottoman likewise.
When a person is lying flat
he or she has the lowest center
of gravity possible, as does
a sheet of paper on a table.
People floating around
in outer space have little
or no center of gravity
because there's not enough gravity
to have a center.
Gravidanza is the Italian word
for pregnancy, which sounds
more serious than the English word
and may remind us of sentences such as
"The situation is very grave."
Every situation has gravity,
it's a question of how much.
People too have gravity—
of manner, of morals, and of body.
It is good to have gravity
but not too much of it:
like a bag of cement,
you might not be able to move
around or make ethical distinctions.
But with too little of it
you are flighty, your feet
hardly touch the ground.
Though cement and flightiness
have their charms,
it's better to find
your center of gravity
and have it be the place
you radiate out from.
Once I lay in bed ill, unable to move,
but in my head
I was flying and bouncing around.
But illness has no charm
and when it becomes very grave
your gravity edges toward
the most perfect center of gravity ever.
to have had a high center
of gravity, therefore
subject to tipping:
if you took a curve too fast
you might turn over.
A person with very short legs
has a low center of gravity
and will not tip over easily.
The ottoman likewise.
When a person is lying flat
he or she has the lowest center
of gravity possible, as does
a sheet of paper on a table.
People floating around
in outer space have little
or no center of gravity
because there's not enough gravity
to have a center.
Gravidanza is the Italian word
for pregnancy, which sounds
more serious than the English word
and may remind us of sentences such as
"The situation is very grave."
Every situation has gravity,
it's a question of how much.
People too have gravity—
of manner, of morals, and of body.
It is good to have gravity
but not too much of it:
like a bag of cement,
you might not be able to move
around or make ethical distinctions.
But with too little of it
you are flighty, your feet
hardly touch the ground.
Though cement and flightiness
have their charms,
it's better to find
your center of gravity
and have it be the place
you radiate out from.
Once I lay in bed ill, unable to move,
but in my head
I was flying and bouncing around.
But illness has no charm
and when it becomes very grave
your gravity edges toward
the most perfect center of gravity ever.
February 7, 2011
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