Takeshi Sudo
@artssoy.bsky.social
Living in Europe, but borders blur when it comes to Pynchon — so yes, the US edition it is.
#ThomasPynchon #ShadowTicket
#ThomasPynchon #ShadowTicket
October 27, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Living in Europe, but borders blur when it comes to Pynchon — so yes, the US edition it is.
#ThomasPynchon #ShadowTicket
#ThomasPynchon #ShadowTicket
October 20, 2025 at 7:45 PM
“Freedom is the preservation of that original personal isolation. It stems from fetal self-entanglement, so similar to the movement made by fern buds in their tiny croziers before they unfold.”
—— Pascal Quignard, The Answer to Lord Chandos （Translated by Stéphanie Boulard and Timothy Lavenz)
—— Pascal Quignard, The Answer to Lord Chandos （Translated by Stéphanie Boulard and Timothy Lavenz)
October 5, 2025 at 3:36 PM
“Freedom is the preservation of that original personal isolation. It stems from fetal self-entanglement, so similar to the movement made by fern buds in their tiny croziers before they unfold.”
—— Pascal Quignard, The Answer to Lord Chandos （Translated by Stéphanie Boulard and Timothy Lavenz)
—— Pascal Quignard, The Answer to Lord Chandos （Translated by Stéphanie Boulard and Timothy Lavenz)
“At its best, it(literature) used language to break out of language, into something more like music.”
—— Brad Mehldau, Formation: Building a Personal Canon, Part I
#SundaySentence
—— Brad Mehldau, Formation: Building a Personal Canon, Part I
#SundaySentence
September 28, 2025 at 8:43 AM
“At its best, it(literature) used language to break out of language, into something more like music.”
—— Brad Mehldau, Formation: Building a Personal Canon, Part I
#SundaySentence
—— Brad Mehldau, Formation: Building a Personal Canon, Part I
#SundaySentence
“That world, as I say, looks very much like our own, and nevertheless it maintains a side that is irreducible, at times even proudly secret.”
—— Alejandro Zambra, Not to Read
#sundaysentence
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—— Alejandro Zambra, Not to Read
#sundaysentence
fitzcarraldoeditions.com/books/not-to...
September 21, 2025 at 11:15 AM
“That world, as I say, looks very much like our own, and nevertheless it maintains a side that is irreducible, at times even proudly secret.”
—— Alejandro Zambra, Not to Read
#sundaysentence
fitzcarraldoeditions.com/books/not-to...
—— Alejandro Zambra, Not to Read
#sundaysentence
fitzcarraldoeditions.com/books/not-to...
“All that was left of Jun’s poems was her humming.”
Takafumi Sotoma / Fumi Yanagimoto "GINZA"
tr. Jesse Kirkwood
#SundaySentence
Takafumi Sotoma / Fumi Yanagimoto "GINZA"
tr. Jesse Kirkwood
#SundaySentence
August 17, 2025 at 2:46 PM
“All that was left of Jun’s poems was her humming.”
Takafumi Sotoma / Fumi Yanagimoto "GINZA"
tr. Jesse Kirkwood
#SundaySentence
Takafumi Sotoma / Fumi Yanagimoto "GINZA"
tr. Jesse Kirkwood
#SundaySentence
“I kept this short list of (beautiful) words taped next to my desk”
—— Michelle Bailat-Jones, Translation Notes “Beauty On Earth” (September 12, 2013)
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—— Michelle Bailat-Jones, Translation Notes “Beauty On Earth” (September 12, 2013)
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July 13, 2025 at 12:29 PM
“I kept this short list of (beautiful) words taped next to my desk”
—— Michelle Bailat-Jones, Translation Notes “Beauty On Earth” (September 12, 2013)
necessaryfiction.com/researchnote...
—— Michelle Bailat-Jones, Translation Notes “Beauty On Earth” (September 12, 2013)
necessaryfiction.com/researchnote...
July 7, 2025 at 10:23 AM
“All you do is look for the next best stone to add to the sequence of beautiful moves that you’re unfolding.”
—— Richard Powers, Playground
—— Richard Powers, Playground
June 6, 2025 at 1:38 PM
“All you do is look for the next best stone to add to the sequence of beautiful moves that you’re unfolding.”
—— Richard Powers, Playground
—— Richard Powers, Playground
June 3, 2025 at 8:58 AM
**test (a scene from a concert)
May 27, 2025 at 10:50 AM
**test (a scene from a concert)
just before a concert. I think it was in Waalse kerk, Amsterdam
May 26, 2025 at 5:49 PM
just before a concert. I think it was in Waalse kerk, Amsterdam
I don't remember where I took this (maybe in Pula).
May 25, 2025 at 9:03 AM
I don't remember where I took this (maybe in Pula).
me, during a rehearsal in Katwijk aan Zee
By Christine Brandenburg (2022)
www.christinebrandenburg.com/musici-teken...
#violadagamba
By Christine Brandenburg (2022)
www.christinebrandenburg.com/musici-teken...
#violadagamba
May 25, 2025 at 8:56 AM
me, during a rehearsal in Katwijk aan Zee
By Christine Brandenburg (2022)
www.christinebrandenburg.com/musici-teken...
#violadagamba
By Christine Brandenburg (2022)
www.christinebrandenburg.com/musici-teken...
#violadagamba
"A word grows to a thought – a thought to an idea – an idea to an act. The change is slow, and the Present is a sluggish traveler loafing in the path Tomorrow wants to take."
——Beryl Markham, West with the Night
——Beryl Markham, West with the Night
May 24, 2025 at 3:38 PM
"A word grows to a thought – a thought to an idea – an idea to an act. The change is slow, and the Present is a sluggish traveler loafing in the path Tomorrow wants to take."
——Beryl Markham, West with the Night
——Beryl Markham, West with the Night
52.07802181409483, 4.2362374706017345
May 17, 2025 at 1:58 PM
52.07802181409483, 4.2362374706017345
"You could circle around it with words, but there always remained far more that was not expressed than was."
——Cees Nooteboom, Rituals (tr. Adrienne Dixon)
——Cees Nooteboom, Rituals (tr. Adrienne Dixon)
May 14, 2025 at 3:57 PM
"You could circle around it with words, but there always remained far more that was not expressed than was."
——Cees Nooteboom, Rituals (tr. Adrienne Dixon)
——Cees Nooteboom, Rituals (tr. Adrienne Dixon)
“Au plus intime de chaque présence
L'invisible ouvre sa plus vaste aire”
—— François Cheng, Patrick Le Bescont, échos du silence
L'invisible ouvre sa plus vaste aire”
—— François Cheng, Patrick Le Bescont, échos du silence
May 13, 2025 at 1:20 PM
“Au plus intime de chaque présence
L'invisible ouvre sa plus vaste aire”
—— François Cheng, Patrick Le Bescont, échos du silence
L'invisible ouvre sa plus vaste aire”
—— François Cheng, Patrick Le Bescont, échos du silence
“A breeze like the turning of a page
Brings back your face: the moment
Takes such a big bite out of the haze
Of pleasant intuition it comes after.”
——John Ashbery, Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror
Brings back your face: the moment
Takes such a big bite out of the haze
Of pleasant intuition it comes after.”
——John Ashbery, Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror
April 24, 2025 at 5:25 PM
“A breeze like the turning of a page
Brings back your face: the moment
Takes such a big bite out of the haze
Of pleasant intuition it comes after.”
——John Ashbery, Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror
Brings back your face: the moment
Takes such a big bite out of the haze
Of pleasant intuition it comes after.”
——John Ashbery, Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror
Such surprise and delight to find a quotation from my book gracing the blackboard at the entrance of a charming bookstore!
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April 24, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Such surprise and delight to find a quotation from my book gracing the blackboard at the entrance of a charming bookstore!
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x.com/hitotter16/s...
“Three things I learned during the Gaza genocide: silence is a choice, empathy has borders, and the world will watch you die if your death doesn’t fit their narrative.”
—— Eman Basher
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—— Eman Basher
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April 19, 2025 at 1:51 PM
“Three things I learned during the Gaza genocide: silence is a choice, empathy has borders, and the world will watch you die if your death doesn’t fit their narrative.”
—— Eman Basher
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—— Eman Basher
x.com/SometimesPoo...
April 17, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Adonis's poem written on a building's wall.
#Leiden
"Loss unifies us with something other than us.
and loss fastens the face of the sea
to our dreaming."
#Leiden
"Loss unifies us with something other than us.
and loss fastens the face of the sea
to our dreaming."
April 17, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Adonis's poem written on a building's wall.
#Leiden
"Loss unifies us with something other than us.
and loss fastens the face of the sea
to our dreaming."
#Leiden
"Loss unifies us with something other than us.
and loss fastens the face of the sea
to our dreaming."