Claire | January 31, 2011
Perhaps this trauma of separation-beginning from our very birth-is the normal sequence of things and to detach oneself, to learn to move freely about the world without longings or inventions, takes years of patient learning; and even then we may turn one day and find the years hollowing a dark canyon beneath us. -Loving Che, [...]
Claire | January 22, 2011
Claire | January 21, 2011
Falling in love with Zadie Smith: “It’s about time someone told the truth about beautiful women. They do not shimmer down staircases. They do not descend, as once was supposed, from on high, attached to nothing other than wings. Clara was from somewhere. She had roots…[and] before Clara was beautiful she was ugly” – White [...]
Claire | January 18, 2011
The weather acted upon her strangely. She was unfocused and at ease, yet a lucid clarity of vision came to her so that when she spoke, her words came out with the unfiltered honesty of wisdom. The air floated in through the window with a hint of magic and sleepy adventure, and she felt herself [...]
Claire | January 17, 2011
Claire | January 16, 2011
“I often thought back to the terror of my first day – that picture of the road and the Africans walking was always with me – and wondered that the land had been tamed in this way, that such a reasonable life could be extracted from such an uncompromising landscape, that blood, in some way, [...]
Claire | January 14, 2011
Claire | January 13, 2011
Bright Bright Brigh Light cover of the Twin Peaks theme songs. Brilliantly ethereal with lyrics that soar and then fall back into wistfulness. Adore. Bright Light Bright Light “Falling”
Claire | January 10, 2011
Things done today: DB article. Dramafever review. Mopping (kitchen floor). Cleaned out the refrigerator. Now off to dinner with the Ames and then back to watch the Doctor Who Christmas special with Adeline. Life is good. Even if I am slightly stressed about a hundred different things. Yet I know I’m super blessed with good [...]
Claire | January 9, 2011
The “Play On” round-ups are where I highlight a random assortment of amazing songs I’ve discovered in the past few weeks/months. Rocketeer, Far East Movement feat. Ryan Tedder of One Republic Dog Days Are Over, Florence and the Machine, from their new album “Lungs” Who’d Have Known, Lily Allen- quirky, playful hipster love song Why [...]
