Friday, February 25, 2005

thoughts into breath into words

Since I don't see where the blog's description appears in these glowing words, I suppose a statement of purpose is in order, so here goes:

This writing space is inspired by the marginalia found on medieval manuscripts. Tireless artists found refuge among the monotony of their scribbling in the spaces between the lines and in the margins of sacred and canonical texts. I hope this space will provide a similar venue for modern scribes.:.

Thus the blog is a place to scribble the thoughts of the day. William Carlos Williams wrote in his Autobiography (in better English) that he could not rest until he had drained his mind of the poetic moments he had experienced throughout the day. He was held breathless at the mere thought. While I do not expect any of us to be as profound as he, I know that good thinkers have friends who are good thinkers (among WCW's were Ezra Pound, Gertrude Stein, you get the idea).

Now onto the matter at hand.

3 Comments:

Blogger Illuminated Script said...

A comment to myself...the blog is lying i tell you...so i did not, in fact, post this entry at 3:39pm, but at 7:46. What does this mean?

3:49 PM  
Blogger Rew said...

hey bud! you can alter the time when you post (or later, i think). i've noticed that the time seems to often be way off. i didn't want to take up too much space on Matt's blog, so concerning your Best Buy dilema: i wholeheartedly agree with Lucas's recommendations. unfortunately, i don't think you'd be able to find any of them in a Best Buy. (same goes for Harrod & Funck; when did i recommend "Dreams of the Colorblind"? must have been 5 years ago!) regardless, Iron & Wine, Sufjan, and M.Ward are all definitely worth tracking down. as for stuff you *might* find: i think you'd love Wilco's "Yankee..." if you don't already; the new Bright Eyes "I'm Wide Awake..." is kickass; and if you're looking for some dark, 80's-ish rock n' roll, check out Interpol (i think Bovard likes 'em). otherwise, get something CLASSIC.

PS my blog should be up pretty soon. i've been putting it off FOREVER. i've actually written tons of posts, i just haven't *posted* them yet! not sure why....

PPS if you write it, they will come.

6:37 PM  
Blogger Illuminated Script said...

rew,

let me know when your blog is up and running...can't wait.

12:28 PM  

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