Tag Archives: Primitives

Self-absorption

Rilke in the sixth letter in the collection Letters to a Young Poet writes about the importance of solitude and the normal state of the child to be in touch with necessary solitude. The necessary thing is after all but … Continue reading

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Discovery in Repetition and Repeating

This is a longish piece from Januaray 10, 2003, here transcribed from two pages of longhand. Gertrude Stein’s Portrait of Mabel Dodge at the Villa Curonia A close reading of a passage and a bit of translation à la Erasmian … Continue reading

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Toys

From the notes by Gregory Dubinsky to the Kronos Quartet recording of Terry Riley’s The Cusp of Magic The toys [from Emily and Alice’s “extensive collection of musical toys from around the world”] cast their own distinctive spell on this … Continue reading

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Keyword: lover

Thomas McNamee relates in Alice Walters and Chez Panisse in the chapter “Very Sixties” informs readers about California usuage. Long before cohabitation was common anywhere else in the country, unmarried couples were openly living together in Berkeley. They didn’t call … Continue reading

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Scale

Begin and end with decisions: The decision about when an analysis has yielded the minimal or simplest elements consonant with the purposes of the analyst demands as much deliberation as the decision where to begin the analysis. writes Alan Pasch … Continue reading

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