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Julian Lass
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· Jun 2
made a new little film commissioned by #copypress for their #becomingfireflies digital imprint for moving image and spoken word
featuring a poem by rumi, from which the film takes its title
www.copypress.co.uk/index/becomi...
a pictureless film, in the spirit of #lebrasiershelley #derekjarmanblue
featuring a poem by rumi, from which the film takes its title
www.copypress.co.uk/index/becomi...
a pictureless film, in the spirit of #lebrasiershelley #derekjarmanblue
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The message of sonnet 68 hasn‘t aged at all! On the contrary… Do you think this is Shakespeare's point? The beauty of his poetry cuts through all the shallow artifice? This reading would make the poem's subject the poet himself.
October 31, 2023 at 7:47 PM
The message of sonnet 68 hasn‘t aged at all! On the contrary… Do you think this is Shakespeare's point? The beauty of his poetry cuts through all the shallow artifice? This reading would make the poem's subject the poet himself.
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Ordered this second hand OUP copy of Shakespeare's complete sonnets and poems to find someone else's notes to Venus and Adonis.
Upon his hurt she looks so steadfastly | that her sight, dazzling, makes the wound seem three
Upon his hurt she looks so steadfastly | that her sight, dazzling, makes the wound seem three
November 6, 2023 at 1:17 PM
Ordered this second hand OUP copy of Shakespeare's complete sonnets and poems to find someone else's notes to Venus and Adonis.
Upon his hurt she looks so steadfastly | that her sight, dazzling, makes the wound seem three
Upon his hurt she looks so steadfastly | that her sight, dazzling, makes the wound seem three
What are we so afraid of when we sit alone with a book?
December 14, 2024 at 12:39 PM
What are we so afraid of when we sit alone with a book?
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I vaguely recall an anecdote from Lillian Hellman's account of her life with Dashiell Hammett, that when in frustration she threatened to quit, he said something like, "Go ahead, my dear. No one will notice." A writer writes because a writer has to write.
December 8, 2024 at 9:24 PM
I vaguely recall an anecdote from Lillian Hellman's account of her life with Dashiell Hammett, that when in frustration she threatened to quit, he said something like, "Go ahead, my dear. No one will notice." A writer writes because a writer has to write.
In a letter in 1810, Hegel criticised the public for favouring utility and convenience in education over intellectual and cultural growth. For Hegel, the spiritual influence (geistig) of studying the Classics transcended practical use, shaping understanding and character in ways unappreciated.
!["Of Greek and Latin in particular such parents recall only the bitter toil they had to expend on these languages in their youth due to faulty arrangements and poor methods. Yet in part these parents are ungrateful to such instruction, seeing no utility in it because no direct use is made of the two languages. For they have not come to insight into, or consciousness of, the spiritual [geistig] influence which such training has had on them and - unbeknownst to them - continues to have. The better portion of the public remains aloof to the views of this portion which wishes its children to reap the harvest without ever having had to sow or till."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ajvhgyriyhisqq4z6pmm4b3s/bafkreibqxtlhawin72oahc4pxa4oizujhxtnxpawwiob5ltpihssqf7t5a@jpeg)
December 8, 2024 at 5:51 PM
In a letter in 1810, Hegel criticised the public for favouring utility and convenience in education over intellectual and cultural growth. For Hegel, the spiritual influence (geistig) of studying the Classics transcended practical use, shaping understanding and character in ways unappreciated.
Godot: No longer waiting for the emptiness that never arrives, the embodiment of emptiness is always "here to help". (Claude)
November 28, 2024 at 11:58 AM
Godot: No longer waiting for the emptiness that never arrives, the embodiment of emptiness is always "here to help". (Claude)
Have you seen Safe (1995) dir. Todd Haynes? Beautiful pace. And the cinematography 🤩Firmly in a Gregory Crewdson/ Jeff Wall mid-90s aesthetic. The protagonist (Julianne Moore) looks directly at the camera several times. No closeups. Always at a distance.
November 27, 2024 at 4:31 PM
Have you seen Safe (1995) dir. Todd Haynes? Beautiful pace. And the cinematography 🤩Firmly in a Gregory Crewdson/ Jeff Wall mid-90s aesthetic. The protagonist (Julianne Moore) looks directly at the camera several times. No closeups. Always at a distance.
Low-vis is a way to navigate these various platforms too
It's interesting how none of the talk about whether people are "ceding ground" by leaving X, etc, seems to engage with how unsafe that environment is for some people. And I don't mean uncomfortable. A high level of visibility over there has long had a cost, and that cost kept getting higher.
November 17, 2024 at 4:50 PM
Low-vis is a way to navigate these various platforms too
November 17, 2024 at 10:40 AM
Audiobooks are great for long road journeys. Rubbish for thinking. Keep having to stop them during driving. Just to get a moment to absorb what's been said. Or, I just drift in and out, which means not really listening at all. And then rewinding to find out what I've missed.
November 16, 2024 at 8:33 PM
Audiobooks are great for long road journeys. Rubbish for thinking. Keep having to stop them during driving. Just to get a moment to absorb what's been said. Or, I just drift in and out, which means not really listening at all. And then rewinding to find out what I've missed.
As people continue to leave Twitter I wanted to tell the story of when I was working as a waiter in a patisserie/café/restaurant in London. Within a month, everyone senior had left, for various reasons, and the boss said to me: "you're in charge now" and tossed me the keys.
November 16, 2024 at 5:17 PM
As people continue to leave Twitter I wanted to tell the story of when I was working as a waiter in a patisserie/café/restaurant in London. Within a month, everyone senior had left, for various reasons, and the boss said to me: "you're in charge now" and tossed me the keys.
Phones are out competing personal contacts pushing young men and women into separate political spaces.
www.zeit.de/politik/deut...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...
www.zeit.de/politik/deut...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...
Neonazi-Bewegung: "Es geht darum, kampfbereit zu sein"
Auffallend junge Rechtsextremisten marschieren seit dem Sommer auf Deutschlands Straßen auf. Jetzt hat ein Thinktank diese neue Generation Neonazis erstmals vermessen.
www.zeit.de
November 14, 2024 at 11:06 AM
Phones are out competing personal contacts pushing young men and women into separate political spaces.
www.zeit.de/politik/deut...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...
www.zeit.de/politik/deut...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...
This NYT headline "The Story of Kamala Harris" (and photo) show Harris' relevance comes through understanding a personal journey rather than position or policy. Trump's cast as a powerful figure, while Harris is a 'character' to be understood, a secondary figure. See Alt-text for more photo analysis
October 30, 2024 at 9:07 AM
This NYT headline "The Story of Kamala Harris" (and photo) show Harris' relevance comes through understanding a personal journey rather than position or policy. Trump's cast as a powerful figure, while Harris is a 'character' to be understood, a secondary figure. See Alt-text for more photo analysis
This NYT headline and photograph frames Trump's return as imminent, a presidency already prepped for his return. See Alt-text for image analysis.
October 30, 2024 at 8:48 AM
This NYT headline and photograph frames Trump's return as imminent, a presidency already prepped for his return. See Alt-text for image analysis.
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𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘧 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘴𝘶𝘣𝘴𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘵𝘰
October 30, 2024 at 2:27 AM
𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘧 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘴𝘶𝘣𝘴𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘵𝘰
Scrolling through NYT headlines. In the Election 2024 section only one headline is solely Harris ("the story of Kamala Harris"). 10 are exclusively Trump. 9 are Harris and Trump. She's presented not as a politician with her own trajectory, but as someone whose relevance is only in relation to his.
October 30, 2024 at 6:59 AM
Scrolling through NYT headlines. In the Election 2024 section only one headline is solely Harris ("the story of Kamala Harris"). 10 are exclusively Trump. 9 are Harris and Trump. She's presented not as a politician with her own trajectory, but as someone whose relevance is only in relation to his.
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It would also be awesome if we had more FT faculty and smaller classes so we could be more present to our students than Chat GPT in those moments of confusion or uncertainty or doubt about the process or purpose of their reading.
September 25, 2024 at 3:42 PM
It would also be awesome if we had more FT faculty and smaller classes so we could be more present to our students than Chat GPT in those moments of confusion or uncertainty or doubt about the process or purpose of their reading.
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We should start touting all English classes as "flipped classrooms" because we ask the students to do the reading first so we can gather together and do the work on it. We could claim we are being innovative even though this is exactly what we have always done. 😉
September 23, 2024 at 3:23 PM
We should start touting all English classes as "flipped classrooms" because we ask the students to do the reading first so we can gather together and do the work on it. We could claim we are being innovative even though this is exactly what we have always done. 😉
How can they expect a heart, thumping with ideas,
to also compose captions, threads, reels, unique posts day after week, week after day, and for what? For a moment on the timeline, buried before it even breathes.
to also compose captions, threads, reels, unique posts day after week, week after day, and for what? For a moment on the timeline, buried before it even breathes.
September 17, 2024 at 4:15 PM
How can they expect a heart, thumping with ideas,
to also compose captions, threads, reels, unique posts day after week, week after day, and for what? For a moment on the timeline, buried before it even breathes.
to also compose captions, threads, reels, unique posts day after week, week after day, and for what? For a moment on the timeline, buried before it even breathes.
Despite her later regret and discomfort, the initial “Suchen Sie sich etwas aus, ich bezahle„ is actually moment of radical hospitality. In this moment, she opens herself to the homeless man with an unconditional welcome, without concern for borders, calculations, or judgments of worthiness.
September 16, 2024 at 6:42 PM
Despite her later regret and discomfort, the initial “Suchen Sie sich etwas aus, ich bezahle„ is actually moment of radical hospitality. In this moment, she opens herself to the homeless man with an unconditional welcome, without concern for borders, calculations, or judgments of worthiness.
"Suchen Sie sich was aus" 🙈
September 16, 2024 at 6:04 PM
"Suchen Sie sich was aus" 🙈
Eugène Véron: Between two paintings of equal merit... the one that soothes and refreshes the soul through the contagion of a truly human emotion [is preferred]. And [the audience] ... will naturally favour the artist whose superior moral sensibility most strongly resonates with their [own] sympathy.
September 9, 2024 at 11:03 PM
Eugène Véron: Between two paintings of equal merit... the one that soothes and refreshes the soul through the contagion of a truly human emotion [is preferred]. And [the audience] ... will naturally favour the artist whose superior moral sensibility most strongly resonates with their [own] sympathy.
Thomas Mann also said, I can't remember where now, that you need to come down from the ivory tower. It's no good staying up there!
September 9, 2024 at 6:47 PM
Thomas Mann also said, I can't remember where now, that you need to come down from the ivory tower. It's no good staying up there!