VisceralHopscotch

May 18

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Apr 27

gurafiku: Japanese Advertisement: Hello, 1967. Suntory Whisky. 1966

gurafiku:

Japanese Advertisement: Hello, 1967. Suntory Whisky. 1966

Mar 14

The feral rooster has decided to stay this spring in the back yard - how do I get rid of it without serving it up as dinner?

The feral rooster has decided to stay this spring in the back yard - how do I get rid of it without serving it up as dinner?

Mar 10

“When the publication of my book in 1926, the editor pointed out to me that to resist my own recipes and remain stubbornly alive … could seriously jeopardize the publication of my book. So, I had to prepare my own suicide carefully … I tied a rope to a tree, leaning over a cliff above the Dordogne. I loaded a revolver. I procured a potent poison. Then, in the presence of the press, I passed the rope around my neck, swallowed the poison, and jumped into the void firing a revolver in the right temple. I thought to put all chances of my side. I had not expected that the shock would divert the blow, the bullet cut the rope that I would fall in the Dordogne, a trout fisherman take me back to shore; this half-drowning finally make me vomit the poison. You could not do better in terms of failed suicide. Fortunately, it was a highly dramatic failure, as my editor, the press and public opinion kept me from trying again. “Read more: To Be Or Not To Be — Imprint-The Online Community for Graphic Designers For great design products, visit our online store: MyDesignShop.com http://bit.ly/xZOBOg

“When the publication of my book in 1926, the editor pointed out to me that to resist my own recipes and remain stubbornly alive … could seriously jeopardize the publication of my book. So, I had to prepare my own suicide carefully … I tied a rope to a tree, leaning over a cliff above the Dordogne. I loaded a revolver. I procured a potent poison. Then, in the presence of the press, I passed the rope around my neck, swallowed the poison, and jumped into the void firing a revolver in the right temple. I thought to put all chances of my side. I had not expected that the shock would divert the blow, the bullet cut the rope that I would fall in the Dordogne, a trout fisherman take me back to shore; this half-drowning finally make me vomit the poison. You could not do better in terms of failed suicide. Fortunately, it was a highly dramatic failure, as my editor, the press and public opinion kept me from trying again. “

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Mar 02

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Feb 25

Freesia on a February morning

Freesia on a February morning

Feb 18

INTERVIEWER What did you most want to accomplish with the novel? HOUELLEBECQ What I really wanted was to have scenes that were, as you say in English, “heartbreaking.”  INTERVIEWER Heartbreaking? HOUELLEBECQ The death of Michel’s girlfriend was very moving, I think. I really wanted to get those kinds of scene right above all. INTERVIEWER And why did you want to get those scenes right in particular? HOUELLEBECQ Because that’s what I like best in literature. For example, the last pages of The Brothers Karamazov: not only can I not read them without crying, I can’t even think of them without crying. That’s what I admire most in literature, its ability to make you weep. There are two compliments I really appreciate. “It made me weep,” and “I read it in one night. I couldn’t stop.” INTERVIEWER What is your writing schedule now? HOUELLEBECQ I wake up during the night around one a.m. I write half-awake in a semi-conscious state. Progressively, as I drink coffee, I become more conscious. And I write until I’m sick of it. INTERVIEWER Do you have other requirements for writing? HOUELLEBECQ Flaubert said you had to have a permanent erection. I haven’t found that to be the case. I need to take a walk now and then. Otherwise, in terms of dietary requirements, coffee works, it’s true. It takes you through all the different stages of consciousness. You start out semicomatose. You write. You drink more coffee and your lucidity increases, and it’s in that in-between period, which can last for hours, that something interesting happens.  INTERVIEWER Do you plot the novels? HOUELLEBECQ No.  source: http://www.theparisreview.org/interviews/6040/the-art-of-fiction-no-206-michel-houellebecq

INTERVIEWER

What did you most want to accomplish with the novel?

HOUELLEBECQ

What I really wanted was to have scenes that were, as you say in English, “heartbreaking.” 

INTERVIEWER

Heartbreaking?

HOUELLEBECQ

The death of Michel’s girlfriend was very moving, I think. I really wanted to get those kinds of scene right above all.

INTERVIEWER

And why did you want to get those scenes right in particular?

HOUELLEBECQ

Because that’s what I like best in literature. For example, the last pages of The Brothers Karamazov: not only can I not read them without crying, I can’t even think of them without crying. That’s what I admire most in literature, its ability to make you weep. There are two compliments I really appreciate. “It made me weep,” and “I read it in one night. I couldn’t stop.”

INTERVIEWER

What is your writing schedule now?

HOUELLEBECQ

I wake up during the night around one a.m. I write half-awake in a semi-conscious state. Progressively, as I drink coffee, I become more conscious. And I write until I’m sick of it.

INTERVIEWER

Do you have other requirements for writing?

HOUELLEBECQ

Flaubert said you had to have a permanent erection. I haven’t found that to be the case. I need to take a walk now and then. Otherwise, in terms of dietary requirements, coffee works, it’s true. It takes you through all the different stages of consciousness. You start out semicomatose. You write. You drink more coffee and your lucidity increases, and it’s in that in-between period, which can last for hours, that something interesting happens. 

INTERVIEWER

Do you plot the novels?

HOUELLEBECQ

No. 

source: http://www.theparisreview.org/interviews/6040/the-art-of-fiction-no-206-michel-houellebecq

Clover

Clover

Feb 13

jockohomo: ED BALCOURT (American, 20th Century): For Men Only illustration (Gouache on board) 16 x 29 in. Not signed (From the Estate of Charles Martignette).

jockohomo:

ED BALCOURT (American, 20th Century): For Men Only illustration (Gouache on board) 16 x 29 in. Not signed (From the Estate of Charles Martignette).

Feb 02

From the moment we arrived at the entrance of the residence, I noticed that Fox was quivering with joyful impatience; he had put on even more weight. Corgis are a race with a tendency toward plumpness, but he ran up to Isabelle’s door, then, breathless, stopped to wait for me as I walked, much more slowly, up the alley of chestnut trees stripped bare by winter. He let out small impatient yaps as I looked for the keys; poor little fellow, I said to myself, poor little fellow. As soon as I opened the door he rushed inside the apartment, quickly made a tour of it, came back, and sent me an inquisitive look. Michel Houellebecq The Possibility of an Island p.262 photo source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2009/sep/10/digested-classic-atomised-michel-houellebecq

From the moment we arrived at the entrance of the residence, I noticed that Fox was quivering with joyful impatience; he had put on even more weight. Corgis are a race with a tendency toward plumpness, but he ran up to Isabelle’s door, then, breathless, stopped to wait for me as I walked, much more slowly, up the alley of chestnut trees stripped bare by winter. He let out small impatient yaps as I looked for the keys; poor little fellow, I said to myself, poor little fellow. As soon as I opened the door he rushed inside the apartment, quickly made a tour of it, came back, and sent me an inquisitive look.

Michel Houellebecq

The Possibility of an Island

p.262

photo source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2009/sep/10/digested-classic-atomised-michel-houellebecq

Narcissus raise their heads on this great day!

Narcissus raise their heads on this great day!

Jan 23

Sit back and close your eyes. How does he look? Very good. I must say I am amazed. He is a very stylish boy.  How do I look? Very good. I must say I am amazed. I am a very stylish boy. Dimitri of Paris Une Very Stylish Fille - a bit of a change Very Stylish garçon source: http://www.voicesofeastanglia.com/2011/08/modern-man-in-carnaby-street-sixties.html

Sit back and close your eyes.

How does he look?

Very good. I must say I am amazed.

He is a very stylish boy. 

How do I look?

Very good. I must say I am amazed.

I am a very stylish boy.

Dimitri of Paris

Une Very Stylish Fille - a bit of a change Very Stylish garçon

source: http://www.voicesofeastanglia.com/2011/08/modern-man-in-carnaby-street-sixties.html

Stately, plump Buck Mulligan came from the stairhead, bearing a bowl of lather on which a mirror and a razor lay crossed. A yellow dressinggown, ungirdled, was sustained gently behind him on the mild morning air. He held the bowl aloft and intoned: James Joyce Ulysses

Stately, plump Buck Mulligan came from the stairhead, bearing a bowl of lather on which a mirror and a razor lay crossed. A yellow dressinggown, ungirdled, was sustained gently behind him on the mild morning air. He held the bowl aloft and intoned:

James Joyce

Ulysses