Posts from the ‘Metaphor’ Category

Nov 23

“Every person who is really an artist desires to create inside of himself another, deeper, more interesting life than the one that actually surrounds him.” —Konstantin Stanislavski

Charlotte was born in a burlesque star’s trunk
On the bump-and-grind road to old Podunk
With the tricks of the trade
Charlotte played backstage
And dreamed her name up in lights from her bunk

“Remember: there are no small parts, only small actors.”

―Konstantin Stanislavski

Nov 17

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“What a piece of work is a man, how noble in reason, how infinite in faculties, in form and moving how express and admirable, in action how like an angel, in apprehension how like a god.” —William Shakespeare

In many mansions, humble and sublime,
dwell beings at once sentient and divine.

“People in big empty places are likely to behave very much as the gods did on Olympus.”

―Edna Ferber

Nov 11

“Myths give us our sense of personal identity, answering the question, ‘Who am I?'” ―Rollo May

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Am I not myself, alighting birdlike from great heights?

“In the social jungle of human existence, there is no feeling of
being alive without a sense of identity.”

―Erik Erikson

Nov 9

“A story should have a beginning, a middle and an end, but not necessarily in that order.” ―Jean-Luc Godard

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The time has come, the Rabbit said,
though he had no watch to mind,
to pass through a hole in time,
into a tenseless paradigm.

“Beauty itself is but the sensible image of the Infinite.”

―Francis Bacon

Nov 5

“I am having a hallucination now, I don’t need drugs for that.” ―Thomas Pynchon

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Professional actors change characters like changing costumes.
Gifted amateurs do the same, not only in their dreams.

“Reality is a hallucination shared by most sane men.”

―Mokokoma Mokhonoana

Oct 28

“We live on the leash of our senses.” ―Diane Ackerman

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Strain the leash or let the dogs out?

“It is his restraint that is honorable to a person, not their liberty.”

―John Ruskin

Oct 23

“Everything becomes a little different as soon as it is spoken out loud.” ―Hermann Hesse

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Is there gold in the tongue that I hold?

“Be silent, or say something better than silence.”

―Pythagoras

Oct 20

“It is impossible to enjoy idling thoroughly unless one has plenty of work to do.” ―Jerome K. Jerome

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Idling settles the fluttering of the mind, inviting enlightenment.
Here is a koanic assist for beginners:

Three student idlers and their teacher are observing a flag in a breeze.
Each student is asked to describe his or her observation. “…And please
do not observe like a nincompoop,” the teacher warns, giving each
student a rap on the head with a stout rod as their cue to speak.

Student 1 goes, “Ow! I observe the breeze fluttering the flag.
Only a nincompoop would observe otherwise.”

“In the midst of movement and chaos, keep stillness inside of you.”

―Deepak Chopra

Oct 15

“There’s something really appealing about the simplicity of black-and-white images.” ―Joseph Gordon-Levitt

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Silent talkies speak the language of black-and-white piano keys striking chords of recognition.

“She gave me a smile I could feel in my hip pocket.”

―Raymond Chandler, Goodbye, My Lovely

Oct 13

“Technology makes everyone feel old. A laptop is old after two years. Someone always has something newer. Everyone seems to feel obsolete now, even the young.” ―Jennifer Egan

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Posts from the ‘Metaphor’ Category

Charlotte was born in a burlesque star’s trunk On the bump-and-grind road to old Podunk With the tricks of the trade Charlotte played backstage And dreamed her name up in lights from her bunk

“Remember: there are no small parts, only small actors.”

―Konstantin Stanislavski

In many mansions, humble and sublime, dwell beings at once sentient and divine.

“People in big empty places are likely to behave very much as the gods did on Olympus.”

―Edna Ferber

Am I not myself, alighting birdlike from great heights?

“In the social jungle of human existence, there is no feeling of being alive without a sense of identity.”

―Erik Erikson

The time has come, the Rabbit said, though he had no watch to mind, to pass through a hole in time, into a tenseless paradigm.

“Beauty itself is but the sensible image of the Infinite.”

―Francis Bacon

Professional actors change characters like changing costumes. Gifted amateurs do the same, not only in their dreams.

“Reality is a hallucination shared by most sane men.”

―Mokokoma Mokhonoana

Strain the leash or let the dogs out?

“It is his restraint that is honorable to a person, not their liberty.”

―John Ruskin

Is there gold in the tongue that I hold?

“Be silent, or say something better than silence.”

―Pythagoras

Idling settles the fluttering of the mind, inviting enlightenment. Here is a koanic assist for beginners:

Three student idlers and their teacher are observing a flag in a breeze. Each student is asked to describe his or her observation. “…And please do not observe like a nincompoop,” the teacher warns, giving each student a rap on the head with a stout rod as their cue to speak.

Student 1 goes, “Ow! I observe the breeze fluttering the flag. Only a nincompoop would observe otherwise.”

“In the midst of movement and chaos, keep stillness inside of you.”

―Deepak Chopra

Silent talkies speak the language of black-and-white piano keys striking chords of recognition.

“She gave me a smile I could feel in my hip pocket.”

―Raymond Chandler, Goodbye, My Lovely

An old F*ck is as timeless as a Stone Age clock.

“In an age of multiple and massive innovations, obsolescence becomes the major obsession.”

―Marshall McLuhan

Charlotte was born in a burlesque star’s trunk
On the bump-and-grind road to old Podunk
With the tricks of the trade
Charlotte played backstage
And dreamed her name up in lights from her bunk

In many mansions, humble and sublime,
dwell beings at once sentient and divine.

“In the social jungle of human existence, there is no feeling of
being alive without a sense of identity.”

The time has come, the Rabbit said,
though he had no watch to mind,
to pass through a hole in time,
into a tenseless paradigm.

Professional actors change characters like changing costumes.
Gifted amateurs do the same, not only in their dreams.

Idling settles the fluttering of the mind, inviting enlightenment.
Here is a koanic assist for beginners:

Three student idlers and their teacher are observing a flag in a breeze.
Each student is asked to describe his or her observation. “…And please
do not observe like a nincompoop,” the teacher warns, giving each
student a rap on the head with a stout rod as their cue to speak.

Student 1 goes, “Ow! I observe the breeze fluttering the flag.
Only a nincompoop would observe otherwise.”

**An old F*ck is as timeless as a Stone Age clock.**