December 2009
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Dec 31st
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"Being human means you’re really alone…" →
I have so much respect for philip seymour hoffman. what an artist, man. what an artist. this is just an excerpt, but I love literally everything he said in this article, which is over a year old now and still resonates deeply with me. it’s long, but totally worth it. if nothing else, read this short bit. somehow, he manages to verbalize so many things that are important to me. so great. ...
Dec 31st
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Dec 30th
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Listenmy sister’s math genius friend at Bentley...
Dec 30th
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what I learned from andy warhol:
1) That art is a job like everything else; 2) That romantic love is all illusion; 3) That it’s really hard to be famous and that everybody famous must deserve it even if I can’t see it; 4) Don’t waste time defining art (you can’t), just do it; 5) That there are no bosses—we all serve art if we’re good enough to get the job of making it. [ronnie cutrone]
Dec 30th
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Dec 29th
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Dec 29th
“but it’s all warm and i’m snug between a bunch of cool people and things here...”
– lou maraj (via jaydutch)
Dec 29th
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“I got over intimidation from the art world when I realized that I was allowed to...”
– [marc jacobs]
Dec 28th
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Dec 28th
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“All things good should flow into the boulevard.”
– [pericles]
Dec 28th
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(500) Days.
Rachel: Oh boy. Just ‘cause some cute girl likes the same bizarro crap you do, that doesn’t make her your soulmate, Tom.
Tom: . . . What do you mean?
Dec 28th
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Dec 27th
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“Not all Asians are like Yoko Ono.”
– [benjamin liu] [on what Andy Warhol learned from him]
Dec 26th
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Listeni don’t need from you a waterfall of...
Dec 26th
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Dec 26th
Dec 26th
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Dec 25th
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Can I just use this as my personal statement for... →
No, but really. It’d make my life so much less stressful right now.
Dec 25th
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Dec 25th
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Dec 25th
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22. Old City Bar.
Dec 24th
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Dec 24th
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i feel weird. →
[steel train] I’m really digging these guys a lot right now. They’re playing at Maxwell’s in Hoboken next week.
Dec 23rd
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Dec 22nd
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Dec 22nd
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Film Comment's 20 Best Films of 2009 →
Sometimes I feel like Film Comment is the Pitchfork of movies. Usually I just love it.
Dec 21st
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Dec 21st
“The one thing which we seek with insatiable desire is to forget ourselves, to be...”
– [ralph waldo emerson] [via chrisayer]
Dec 21st
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Kurt Vonnegut explains drama. →
“We’re trying to make our life into a fairy tale.” [derek sivers]
Dec 21st
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“It’d be a great story to tell. I don’t want to be a great story. I...”
– celine [before sunrise]
Dec 20th
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Dec 20th
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Dec 19th
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“It was one of those days when it’s a minute away from snowing, and there...”
– ricky fitts [american beauty] [trite but appropriate today nonetheless.]
Dec 19th
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“That was the year…when I was discovering that not all of the promises...”
– joan didion [“Goodbye to All That”] [one of my favorite essays ever.]
Dec 19th
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Donald & Barbara Zucker Box Office →
Barbara Zucker is my dad’s cousin. She and her husband wanted Lincoln Center to offer affordable tickets for their performances so every-day people can enjoy the arts. :: Snaps ::
Dec 18th
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Dec 18th
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NEW YORK NEO-FUTURISTS →
A dude who works in the office I interned with this semester is part of this avant garde ish theatre group. They do this show called “Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind.” Check them out.
Dec 18th
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“Should I, after tea and cakes and ices, Have the strength to force the moment...”
– t.s. eliot [prufrock]
Dec 18th