whatever, nevermind

Willy Pogany (American, 1882–1955) - Hand to the Stars

As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty, dir. Jonas Mekas, 2000.

New York Winter 2014 2015

on context: "[set during] the 1982 Israeli invasion of Lebanon and the shelling of Beirut [...] Memory for Forgetfulness is an extended reflection on the invasion and its political and historical dimensions. It is also a journey into personal and collective memory. What is the meaning of exile? What is the role of the writer in time of war? What is the relationship of writing (memory) to history (forgetfulness)?" (source)

Denise Levertov, from Candles in Babylon: Poems; “A Child,” published c. 1982

Ars Poetica in Which the Poet is Not a Cockroach, Jason Myers

JENNY HOLZER, Protect Me From What I Want, 1986

Franz Kafka, referring to Milena Jesenská in a letter to Max Brod featured in "Kafka: The Tremendous World I Have Inside my Head,"

Than they ever have a warning.

[text id: my sadness is a fire that i built to keep my hands warm on lonely nights. // art by sivan roshianu // i keep my misery bared between my teeth. i refuse to let her leave. / i am nothing without this obsession of mine.]

Bilal Al-Shams, Sacrifice

— Clarice Lispector, “Daydream and Drunkenness of a Young Lady”; from The Complete Stories (tr. Katrina Dodson)

Mahmoud Darwish, from Almond Blossoms and Beyond; "When You Are With Me,"

Fyodor Dostoyevsky // Alanis Morissette