Literary Devices — Grant Snider

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Untitled (I Don’t Know Why) — Raymond Pettibon

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“The Bad Novel” — Lydia Davis

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Charles I Insulted by Cromwell’s Soldiers (Detail) — Paul Delaroche

Riding on a Bird — Hans Thoma

“Up with People” — Lambchop

“Once upon a time there was a forest” (Brian Wildsmith)

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“Complete Destruction” — William Carlos Williams

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Masked Men — Dotty Attie

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“The Scripture of the Golden Eternity” — Jack Kerouac

“The Scripture of the Golden Eternity”byJack Kerouac
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Did I create that sky? Yes, for, if it was anything other than a conception in my mind I wouldnt have said “Sky”-That is why I am the golden eternity. There

are not two of us here, reader and writer, but one, one golden eternity, One-Which-It-Is, That-Which- Everything-Is.

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The awakened Buddha to show the way, the chosen Messiah to die in the degradation of sentience, is the golden eternity. One that is what is, the golden eternity, or, God, or, Tathagata-the name. The Named One. The human God. Sentient Godhood. Animate Divine. The Deified One. The Verified One. The Free One. The Liberator. The Still One. The settled One. The Established One. Golden Eternity. All is Well. The Empty One. The Ready One. The Quitter. The Sitter. The Justified One. The Happy One.

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That sky, if it was anything other than an illusion of my mortal mind I wouldnt have said “that sky.” Thus I made that sky, I am the golden eternity. I am Mortal Golden Eternity.

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I was awakened to show the way, chosen to die in the degradation of life, because I am Mortal Golden Eternity.

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I am the golden eternity in mortal animate form.

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Strictly speaking, there is no me, because all is emptiness. I am empty, I am non-existent. All is bliss.

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This truth law has no more reality than the world. Continue reading ““The Scripture of the Golden Eternity” — Jack Kerouac”

Mother and Daughter — Carl Larsson

The Execution of Lady Jane Grey — Paul Delaroche

The Major’s Vision (Twin Peaks)

Professor Noah’s Spaceship (Book Acquired, 3.29.2014)

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Browsing books with my son the other day, Brian Wildsmith’s Professor Noah’s Spaceship caught my eye. Absolutely gorgeous illustrations and a charming story.
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“How It Feels To Be Forcibly Fed” — Djuna Barnes

Read the full text of Djuna Barnes’s essay “How It Feels To Be Forcibly Fed.”

“Action and Violence” (Cowboy Henk)

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Diogenes — Jules Bastien-Lepage