Bret Harte was born on 8/25/1836.
Bret Harte, 1862.
“If, of all words of tongue and pen, The saddest are, ‘It might have been,’/More sad are these we daily see: ‘It is, but hadn’t ought to be.”-Bret Harte
Truman Capote died on 8/25/1984.
Truman Capote, 1959, by Roger Higgins.
“Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor.”-Truman Capote
In honor of Joe Strummer’s birthday.
The Clash
The back cover of PUNK The Brutal Truth by Hugh Fielder and Mike Gent.
Who needs a pillow? Not Miss Zizi Jeanmaire.
Miss Z
“Although the sphere and importance of vision were expanding at this time, to say that visual experience was becoming autonomous would be imprecise. The aesthetic of illusionism engaged viewers as embodied spectators, physically drawn into an image or alert to beat a hasty retreat. One measure of an illusion’s success was its ability to provoke a bodily response-an impulse to touch or to flee. The challenges that modern life and modern illusions presented to modern subjects were too great for vision to handle on its own.”-from the essay Seeing, Touching, Fleeing by Michael Leja (Moving Pictures American Art and Early Film 1880-1910)
I could not let summer slink away without having frozen yogurt at least once. Perhaps I went a little overboard, but anything that separates me from my writing has to be worth the effort. This was.
Toppings overload
The anti-heroine of my work in progress is bossy!
Jean Acker
She insists on looking like Jean Acker. I can’t say I blame her.
Please pay attention to me!
Mr. Crosley does not like it when I work for more than 10 minutes at a time. He does not care that I have writing and editing projects to tackle. He just wants his ears rubbed and his tummy stroked. “Dead writers, schmed writers. Give me a treat. Please!”
Nelson Algren Quote
L. Frank Baum, 1911.
L. Frank Baum writing, circa 1911
“The spider’s touch, how exquisitely fine! Feels at each thread, and lives along the line.”-Alexander Pope
Spinning
Hemingway in Key West
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