things small & silent
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Wednesday, May 18, 2022
X Ways of Speaking about Silence
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"Everyone is driven by the urge to 'say something'...We are oppressed by silence. We feel that to be silent before a wrongdoing is to be an accomplice to it, and that to be silent before the obscure is to be overwhelmed by it."
- Resil Mojares, on "Writing a column" in House of Memory (1997, p.7-8), Anvil Publishing.
"...the problem of speechlessness, which is a state without agency... that we feel impressed upon by things but unable to push back at them."
- Mark Doty on The Art of Description: World into Word (2010), Graywolf Press.
"Everytime my country
breaks into a war of words,
I make sure I break out
the heavy artillery
of my silence. "
-Allen Samsuya, "34" (2022).
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Sunday, January 5, 2020
Lucky 2020
S was curious about Fully Booked's 2020 Fukubukuro promo. We were circling the bag pile at ATC when she yanked a Wildcard bag from the middle of the pile with such conviction--
I gave in.
It turned out to be a pretty good deal. This illustrated Edith Hamilton volume is 1 of 19 Fully Booked gave away this year. We also got two interesting business bestsellers, a Newberry award winner that S says is really good, and a Neil Gaiman pocketbook. Oh, and a steel bookmark too.
Lucky us. Lucky S.
It turned out to be a pretty good deal. This illustrated Edith Hamilton volume is 1 of 19 Fully Booked gave away this year. We also got two interesting business bestsellers, a Newberry award winner that S says is really good, and a Neil Gaiman pocketbook. Oh, and a steel bookmark too.
Lucky us. Lucky S.
Quiet, by Susan Cain
Introvert and high self-monitor here. Very consoling. Helps recalibrate self in places that privilege extroversion. Good first read of the year.
Paired with: Whittaker's Single Origin Samoan Cacao: Extra Dark Chocolate from the family's holiday gift stash.
Paired with: Whittaker's Single Origin Samoan Cacao: Extra Dark Chocolate from the family's holiday gift stash.
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