Distribution Automatique

Saturday, February 25

Contradicta




"Beauty is truth- truth, beauty- that is all Ye know on earth, and all ye need to know." John Keats.

- Maybe so, but not if you live in New York.



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"Perpetual moderness is the measure of merit in every work of art." Ralph Waldo Emerson

Thanks, Waldo, but I'll take an old-fashioned aphorism any day.



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Camena longa, vita brevis.

Poetry is long, life is short.

Friday, February 24

Contradicta




Measure detracts from pleasure.





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Until noticed, even the loveliest things feel plain.

Thursday, February 23

Contradicta



The poems are all telling me the same thing. "This is all a poem. You're alive, get it?"




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Ah, poetry. It's such a pleasure to have somthing that does not demand to be understood, in a world where clearly there is already not one iota of understanding to spare.

Tuesday, February 21

Contradicta



When I see something beautiful I try not to think about poetry; when I see poetry I just try not to think.



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Never ponder, never sink, never overeat, never drink, never proselytyze, never stall, never do anything at all.

Monday, February 20

Contradicta



News and advertising persuade us to memorize what we can't believe.





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Truth is bland, so few ask for seconds; surprise is sweet and everyone asks for more.






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Imitating well is the sincerest form of revenge.





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Slow and steady comes in like a lamb and gets fleeced by a lion.

Sunday, February 19

Contradicta



Remember music, particularly in times of weariness and despair- as its charms are nearly inexhaustible and its demands negligible.




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Aimless thought explores every open path- but most converge on the downward slope.