"Yes," Sanjay said. "I know I will be reborn, that there is no escape from you. I know my life well and I know that I have not found liberation. I will have to come back to you. But remember, when I die, I do not give up to you, I renounce the world. The … Continue reading Quote for Today: Vikram Chandra
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Quote for Today: Amy Lowell
The Camellia Tree of Matsue At Matsue, There was a Camellia Tree of great beauty Whose blossoms were white as honey wax Splashed and streaked with the pink of fair coral. At night, When the moon rose in the sky, The Camellia Tree would leave its place By the gateway, And wander up and down … Continue reading Quote for Today: Amy Lowell
Quote for Today: Paul Dermée
Is it a world in the making that turns as it whistles to the depths of my being It is burning Suppose it were to appear A bleeding rosary at the window a sun setting on the marshlands ―Paul Dermée, "The Silver Clasp", The Cubist Poets in Paris: An Anthology Kuwaiti oil fires, … Continue reading Quote for Today: Paul Dermée
Quote for Today: Harlan Ellison
I was there when the first dreams came off the assembly line. I was there when the corrupted visions that had congealed in the vats were pincered up and hosed off and carried down the line to be dropped onto the rolling belts. I was there when the first workmen dropped their faceplates and turned … Continue reading Quote for Today: Harlan Ellison
Creating from Nightmare: H.R. Giger’s Biomechanics and Alien
The arts attempt to convey visions and concepts from one mind to another. Is there value in translating nightmare? A brain is only capable of what it could conceive, and it couldn't conceive what it hasn't experienced. ―Graham Greene, Brighton Rock Everyone experiences at some point the fearful awakening from nightmare: the unelicited scream, the chest … Continue reading Creating from Nightmare: H.R. Giger’s Biomechanics and Alien
The Absent Clock: Stephen King’s and Stanley Kubrick’s Versions of The Shining
The Shining contains themes of abuse, addiction, insanity and manipulative evil. What actually makes this story tick in the imagination? I grew up watching horror movies on my father's knee. The Shining was one of those films. I distinctly remember the eerie music playing as the little yellow Volkswagen Bug crept into the mountains. Most novels … Continue reading The Absent Clock: Stephen King’s and Stanley Kubrick’s Versions of The Shining