From “Infinite Exchange” by Geoff Manaugh, found in full on David Masel’s website, reprinted from Black Maps: American Landscape and the Apocalyptic Sublime, Steidl, 2013 (and originally discovered via Jacob Remes). In a 2011 paper on the medical effects of scurvy, author Jason C. Anthony offers a remarkable detail about human bodies and the long-term presence of wounds.Continue reading “FOUR HUNDRED AND FIFTY ONE”
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FOUR HUNDRED AND FIFTY
Santiago Paredes, via Papirmass.
FOUR HUNDRED AND FORTY NINE
From Less by Andrew Sean Greer. “What was it like to live with genius? Like living alone. Like living alone with a tiger. Everything had to be sacrificed for the work. Plans had to be canceled, meals had to be delayed; liquor had to be bought, as soon as possible, or else all poured intoContinue reading “FOUR HUNDRED AND FORTY NINE”
FOUR HUNDRED AND FORTY EIGHT
Wendy Macnaughton, more beautiful charts.
FOUR HUNDRED AND FORTY SEVEN
From Simone Weil, An Anthology: “Attention, taken to its highest degree, is the same thing as prayer. It presupposes faith and love. Absolutely unmixed attention is prayer.”
FOUR HUNDRED AND FORTY SIX
I love the strange visual journal of Liana Finck (discovered via Austin Kleon).
FOUR HUNDRED AND FORTY FIVE
From The Idiot by Elif Batuman. “I wrote a research paper about the Turkish suffix -miş. I learned from a book about comparative linguistics that it was called the inferential or evidential tense, and that similar structures existed in the languages of Estonia and Tibet. The Turkish inferential tense, I read, was used in various formsContinue reading “FOUR HUNDRED AND FORTY FIVE”
FOUR HUNDRED AND FORTY FOUR
From A Constellation of Vital Phenomena by Anthony Marra. “I don’t understand.” Deshi shook her head. Her romantic advice was worth a foreigner’s ransom, and here she was, giving it freely to a girl who couldn’t appreciate the hard-earned wisdom. “Just stay away from oncologists, okay?” she said, and led the girl to the waiting room.Continue reading “FOUR HUNDRED AND FORTY FOUR”
FOUR HUNDRED AND FORTY THREE
Jenn Woodall via Isis on Twitter.
FOUR HUNDRED AND FORTY TWO
From “These things I know for sure,” by Andrea Zittel (via Jocelyn Glei). 2. Surfaces that are “easy to clean” also show dirt more. In reality a surface that camouflages dirt is much more practical than one that is easy to clean. … 7. Ambiguity in visual design ultimately leads to a greater variety of functions thanContinue reading “FOUR HUNDRED AND FORTY TWO”
FOUR HUNDRED AND FORTY ONE
Silly gifs by Stephen Maurice Graham.
FOUR HUNDRED AND FORTY
Ai Wei Wei answers the Proust Questionnaire. What is your favorite journey? My favorite journey is a journey which you walk alone but at the same time you know somebody is waiting for you at the end. It’s the perfect journey—it doesn’t matter how difficult, how dark, or how protracted, as long as you believe thereContinue reading “FOUR HUNDRED AND FORTY”
FOUR HUNDRED AND THIRTY NINE
Photos of Stikki Peaches’ studio by Michael-Oliver Harding.
FOUR HUNDRED AND THIRTY EIGHT
Originally written on Twitter, now saved here: I think it’s kind of out of fashion to talk about discipline—creative, ethical, athletic, intellectual. It’s the kind of thing you can write off as an internalized productivity myth—a bad capitalist habit. But the people I admire most have an awful lot of it. It runs so deep.Continue reading “FOUR HUNDRED AND THIRTY EIGHT”
FOUR HUNDRED AND THIRTY SEVEN
From Erik Spiekermann, via Jocelyn K. Glei. Question: The meticulousness of typographic work seems to require an obsessive attention to detail. Would you describe your work in typography as an obsession and, if so, why does this particular discipline require this level of engagement? Wrong question. Every craft requires attention to detail. Whether you’re buildingContinue reading “FOUR HUNDRED AND THIRTY SEVEN”
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