Between Us

"Everyone defines their own desire and gives themselves the means to reach it." — Ayn Rand. Rain? What rain? / Pretending becomes second nature fast / "All this time, I struggled to reveal my side..."

A mind is like a parachute. It doesn't work if it isn't open. (Frank Zappa) Quai de la Loire - Paris 19. Lilies and a back spasm / (Fake) vacation / Two weeks left to finish homework / Hyperconcentrated and chained to my computer...

"There are beings who touch us more than others, probably because, without knowing it ourselves, they carry part of what we lack." — Wadji Mouawad, Anima. April 1st bath: invigorating / Vagal shock in an airport...

"Imagination consists of expelling several incomplete people from reality to, using the magical powers of desire, obtain their return in the form of an entirely satisfying presence. It's then the inextinguishable real..."

"I'd learned that nobody is truly special. None of us. And the sooner you recover from that discovery, the better off you are." — EJ Levy, The Love Theory. Parc de la Villette, Canal de l'Ourcq / Sleeping Water by Michael Pinsky...

Martial Raysse - Pompidou Center 2022. May 2024 be gentle and generous, bringing you health, joy, and wonder. I wish you many books, discoveries, and pleasures.

Today this little blog turns eight years old, and I wish it a happy birthday! Thanks to everyone who stops by here, by chance, by habit, or by choice—the quiet ones and the chatty ones, the known and the anonymous. Hoping to light a spark sometimes...

May 2022 be gentle and generous, bringing you health, joy, and wonder. I wish you many books, stories, and words—consume them without moderation.

I wish you all a 2013 filled with love, pleasure, health, and good humor—full of discoveries and wonder.

May 2012 be gentle and generous, bringing you health, joy, and wonder.