Category Archives: Curl My Toes (who said that?)
Anaïs Nin on writing and tasting life
“We write to taste life twice: in the moment, and in retrospect.” Anaïs Nin HIM: Anaïs Nin. Again. ME: Yes. The diaries, this time. HIM: Obsess much? ME: A little. No orders this week. Too busy with Anaïs. mjc
Anaïs Nin on writing and tasting life
“We write to taste life twice: in the moment, and in retrospect.” Anaïs Nin HIM: Anaïs Nin. Again. ME: Yes. The diaries, this time. HIM: Obsess much? ME: A little. No orders this week. Too busy with Anaïs. mjc
Chain you to my body / Hafiz
CHAIN YOU TO MY BODY All These words Are just a front. What I would really like to do is Chain you to my body, Then sing for days And days and Days About God. Translation is always dangerous, and
Chain you to my body / Hafiz
CHAIN YOU TO MY BODY All These words Are just a front. What I would really like to do is Chain you to my body, Then sing for days And days and Days About God. Translation is always dangerous, and
Umberto Eco on readers, writers and idiots
“If we think that our reader is an idiot, we should not use rhetorical figures, but if we use them and feel the need to explain them, we are essentially calling the reader an idiot. In turn, he will take
Umberto Eco on readers, writers and idiots
“If we think that our reader is an idiot, we should not use rhetorical figures, but if we use them and feel the need to explain them, we are essentially calling the reader an idiot. In turn, he will take
Colette on the abyss of voluptuaries
Voluptuaries, consumed by their senses, always begin by flinging themselves with a great display of frenzy into an abyss. But they survive, they come to the surface again. And they develop a routine of the abyss. “It’s four o’clock… At
Colette on the abyss of voluptuaries
Voluptuaries, consumed by their senses, always begin by flinging themselves with a great display of frenzy into an abyss. But they survive, they come to the surface again. And they develop a routine of the abyss. “It’s four o’clock… At
[i carry your heart with me(i carry it in my heart)] by e.e. cummings
[i carry your heart with me(i carry it in my heart)] i carry your heart with me(i carry it in my heart)i am never without it(anywhere i go you go,my dear;and whatever is done by only me is your doing,my
[i carry your heart with me(i carry it in my heart)] by e.e. cummings
[i carry your heart with me(i carry it in my heart)] i carry your heart with me(i carry it in my heart)i am never without it(anywhere i go you go,my dear;and whatever is done by only me is your doing,my
love is a place by e.e. cummings
love is a place love is a place & through this place of love move (with brightness of peace) all places yes is a world & in this world of yes life (skillfully curled) all worlds e.e.cummings ORDERS: enormous SMALLNESS:
love is a place by e.e. cummings
love is a place love is a place & through this place of love move (with brightness of peace) all places yes is a world & in this world of yes life (skillfully curled) all worlds e.e.cummings ORDERS: enormous SMALLNESS:
Sherwood Anderson on being alive
“The thing of course, is to make yourself alive. Most people remain all of their lives in a stupor. The point of being an artist is that you may live.” Sherwood Anderson Orders: I found this quote here: The Agony
Sherwood Anderson on being alive
“The thing of course, is to make yourself alive. Most people remain all of their lives in a stupor. The point of being an artist is that you may live.” Sherwood Anderson Orders: I found this quote here: The Agony
Thomas Merton on frenzy of activity
To allow oneself to be carried away by a multitude of conflicting concerns, to consider too many demands, to commit oneself to too many projects, to want to help in everything is to succumb to violence. The frenzy of the
Thomas Merton on frenzy of activity
To allow oneself to be carried away by a multitude of conflicting concerns, to consider too many demands, to commit oneself to too many projects, to want to help in everything is to succumb to violence. The frenzy of the
Sylvia Plath on writing and love
“Writing is the first love of my life. I have to live well and rich and far to write… I could never be a narrow introvert writer, the way many are, for my writing depends so much on my life.”
Sylvia Plath on writing and love
“Writing is the first love of my life. I have to live well and rich and far to write… I could never be a narrow introvert writer, the way many are, for my writing depends so much on my life.”
Somerset Maugham on Beauty and Ecstasy
“Beauty is an ecstasy; it is as simple as hunger.” W. Somerset Maugham ORDERS: This weekend, I’m seeking beauty and finding ecstasy. What are you doing?
Somerset Maugham on Beauty and Ecstasy
“Beauty is an ecstasy; it is as simple as hunger.” W. Somerset Maugham ORDERS: This weekend, I’m seeking beauty and finding ecstasy. What are you doing?
Julia Cameron on focus, fantasy and reality
People frequently believe the creative life is grounded in fantasy. The more difficult truth is that creativity is grounded in reality, in the particular, the focused, the well-observed or specifically imagined. Julia Cameron, The Artist’s Way, Week Four ORDERS:
Julia Cameron on focus, fantasy and reality
People frequently believe the creative life is grounded in fantasy. The more difficult truth is that creativity is grounded in reality, in the particular, the focused, the well-observed or specifically imagined. Julia Cameron, The Artist’s Way, Week Four ORDERS:
This is why I hate Byron: Satiric, The Sex
Satiric, The Sex (Childe Harold, Canto ii. Stanza 34.) NOT much he kens, I ween, of woman’s breast, Who thinks that wanton thing is won by sighs; What careth she for hearts when once possess’d? Do proper homage to thine idol’s
This is why I hate Byron: Satiric, The Sex
Satiric, The Sex (Childe Harold, Canto ii. Stanza 34.) NOT much he kens, I ween, of woman’s breast, Who thinks that wanton thing is won by sighs; What careth she for hearts when once possess’d? Do proper homage to thine idol’s
Irving Layton on poetry and orgasm
“If poetry is like an orgasm, an academic can be likened to someone who studies the passion stains on the bedsheets.” – Irving Layton ORDERS: Have a non-academic orgasm with a poet.
Irving Layton on poetry and orgasm
“If poetry is like an orgasm, an academic can be likened to someone who studies the passion stains on the bedsheets.” – Irving Layton ORDERS: Have a non-academic orgasm with a poet.
Rumi: When I am with you
When I am with you, we stay up all night. When you’re not here, I can’t go to sleep. Praise God for these two insomnias! And the difference between them. The minute I heard my first love story I started
Rumi: When I am with you
When I am with you, we stay up all night. When you’re not here, I can’t go to sleep. Praise God for these two insomnias! And the difference between them. The minute I heard my first love story I started
Hafiz on desire
I will not deny what I desire. My lips want your lips, not a substitute. – Hafiz (Hafez) Me: Oh, fuck, yes! You: He’s talking about Allah, God, the Divine, you know, you heathen whore. Me: He. Is. Not. You: He is.
Hafiz on desire
I will not deny what I desire. My lips want your lips, not a substitute. – Hafiz (Hafez) Me: Oh, fuck, yes! You: He’s talking about Allah, God, the Divine, you know, you heathen whore. Me: He. Is. Not. You: He is.
Hemingway on what harms a writer
“Tell me first what are the things, the actual, concrete things that harm a writer?” … “Politics, women, drink, money, ambition. And the lack of politics, women, drink, money and ambition…” Ernest Hemingway ORDERS: None for this weekend. Go into
Hemingway on what harms a writer
“Tell me first what are the things, the actual, concrete things that harm a writer?” … “Politics, women, drink, money, ambition. And the lack of politics, women, drink, money and ambition…” Ernest Hemingway ORDERS: None for this weekend. Go into
Buying the Whore by Anne Sexton
Buying the Whore You are the roast beef I have purchased and I stuff you with my very own onion. You are a boat I have rented by the hour and I steer you with my rage until you run
Buying the Whore by Anne Sexton
Buying the Whore You are the roast beef I have purchased and I stuff you with my very own onion. You are a boat I have rented by the hour and I steer you with my rage until you run
Philip Larkin on when sex began
Annus Mirabilis Sexual intercourse began In nineteen sixty-three (which was rather late for me) – Between the end of the Chatterley ban And the Beatles’ first LP. Up to then there’d only been A sort of bargaining, A wrangle for
Philip Larkin on when sex began
Annus Mirabilis Sexual intercourse began In nineteen sixty-three (which was rather late for me) – Between the end of the Chatterley ban And the Beatles’ first LP. Up to then there’d only been A sort of bargaining, A wrangle for
Sylvia Plath on love, sex and madness
First, I want you to read this: A mad girl’s love song / Sylvia Plath “I shut my eyes and all the world drops dead; I lift my lids and all is born again. (I think I made you up
Sylvia Plath on love, sex and madness
First, I want you to read this: A mad girl’s love song / Sylvia Plath “I shut my eyes and all the world drops dead; I lift my lids and all is born again. (I think I made you up
Julia Cameron on artists’ lovers
“Artists love other artists.” Julia Cameron ORDERS: This weekend, fall in love with an artist. Preferably a flesh and blood one. And do your best to seduce him (her) (them). We really like that.
Julia Cameron on artists’ lovers
“Artists love other artists.” Julia Cameron ORDERS: This weekend, fall in love with an artist. Preferably a flesh and blood one. And do your best to seduce him (her) (them). We really like that.
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