¶ from elsewhere
Finds
Things from elsewhere, worth passing along.
Lately
T. S. Eliot — "There is only the trying"
The trying is ours; the rest is not.
Brian Eno — "Build a trap to catch it"
Tidying the studio as a trap for inspiration.
C. P. Cavafy — "Ithaka"
Ithaka.
Ira Glass — "The Taste Gap"
On the lag between taste and ability.
Visakanv — "Are you serious?"
A distinction between seriousness and solemnity, and a reminder that long-term artistic work depends as much on survival and play as on intensity.