Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Saturday, January 23, 2010

David Foster Wallace on good writing

I've gotten convinced that there's some kind of timelessly vital and sacred about good writing. This thing doesn't have much to do with talent, even glittering talent [...] Talent's just an instrument. It's like having a pen that works instead of one that doesn't. I'm not saying I'm able to work consistently out of the premise, but it seems like the big distinction between good art and so-so art lies somewhere in the art's heart's purpose, the agenda of the consciousness behind the text. It's got something to do with love. With having the discipline to talk out of the part of yourself that can love instead of the part that just wants to be loved.

Friday, January 15, 2010

Mental Graffiti [wk 2]

Eng

(Via ergens, weet niet meer waar.)

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Tuesday, January 12, 2010

Ook in Den Haag



Hoe definiƫerde het Verdrag van Londen (u weet wel, van de Processen van Neurenberg) het ook maar weer?
CRIMES AGAINST PEACE: namely, planning, preparation, initiation or waging of a war of aggression, or a war in violation of international treaties, agreements or assurances, or participation in a common plan or conspiracy for the accomplishment of any of the foregoing;

Wel goed uitkijken bij het oversteken, he?

Thursday, January 7, 2010

Meander Dichtersprijs 2010

En op een dag wordt je wakker en ben je opeens genomineerd voor een prijs. Vleiend hoor.


Dichter?

Alhier audiointerviewtjes met de genomineerden. Hier een interview dat Meander eerder met mij had en hier, of onder de jump, de twee gedichten in kwestie.

Wednesday, January 6, 2010

My deeds are the ground on which I stand

I am of the nature to grow old.
There is no way to escape growing old.

I am of the nature to have ill health.
There is no way to escape having ill health.

I am of the nature to die.
There is no way to escape death.

All that is dear to me and everyone I love are of the nature of change.
There is no way to escape being separated from them.

My deeds are my closest companions.
I am the beneficiary of my deeds.
My deeds are the ground on which I stand.

Zoals ik laatst in een kort(ig) moment van vertwijfeling uitriep: Oh god, if buddhism just wasn't so goddamn sensible! Enfin, vandaag maar weer eens mijn best doen om aardig voor anderen en mezelf te zijn.

Monday, January 4, 2010

This year among other things

this year among other things
       I saw rock crack
under battlements

and the weight of continents
       force mountains
from the sand

all these gestures above the rapids
       not knowing if
the other man is deaf

Friday, January 1, 2010

'BBC' 'uses' 'lots' 'of' ''''s

Het meest gelezen-widget op de de BBC News pagina op het moment van schrijven. Of zou dit betekenen dat artikelen met veel aanhalingstekens in titel meer gelezen worden?

Hoe luidt Blinde Schildpad het nieuwe jaar in?

Met een flauwe, gestolen woordgrap, allicht.

Alle goeds!