October 2011
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"Most of the time I feel convinced that the whole... →
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Maybe there are masses of people so lonely that... →
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Dogs and humans are social beings who depend on... →
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7. READ. LOOK. THINK.
The seventh in my series of items of interest.
READ.
“I was jealous of older writers who had gotten more of a toehold on their discipline before the web came.” Miranda July in The New Yorker
Staying up late at museums (what painting would you sleep under, and dream of?) | NYTimes.com
Longform.org’s guide to Woody Allen: profiles, interviews, and his own journalism. | Slate...
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Not everyone can be Sylvia Plath or Kurt Cobain, but that doesn’t mean whatever...
– Tavi on depression in Rookie. (Incidentally, don’t you think Rookie is becoming a real beacon of humanity, kindness and individuality? Heartening!)
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…it’s important to start facing your demons early on. That’s going to be your...
– Miranda July, “Don’t give up:” 20 lessons for creatives from Miranda July
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You give into distraction as if it is a murderer. You lay there, waiting to be...
– Miranda July. | NEXTNESS
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I guess my favorite thing in the world is when I look at a piece of art, or read...
– Miranda July, “Don’t give up:” 20 lessons for creatives from Miranda July.
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I read so many short, easy things. I read the label on the shampoo bottle, I...
– Miranda July on books.
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I use the Internet intensely. I didn’t foresee that my whole little life was...
– Miranda July, on the characters in her new film, The Future (via thesalinasvalley)
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It’s odd that she has come to represent, for some, a kind of soulless hipster...
– Miranda July, The Make-Believer, NYTimes.com
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Over at our place, we’re sure of just one thing: everybody in the world was once...
– Walt Disney, 1938. (via nickcrocker)
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6. READ. LOOK. THINK.
This is the sixth week of my experiment in wrapping up a week’s worth of things that made me think “oh that’s fascinating.”
READ.
“A lot of us, whether we have met her or not, have known Patti Smith for a long time. Like Walt Whitman, another one of her visionary precursors, she contains multitudes.” NYTimes.com
“I was no longer afraid to die. I was now afraid not to...
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I just want it to come out, to be a surprise, a magic experience. I liked...
– Patti Smith has a new record coming out.