sartre and godard; looking as if they were alternate versions of the same tortured individual many years apart. by sv
Author: tomorrow started
a war and peace for a new generation
via this isn’t happiness. i always thought the world’s longest and saddest book was the bible, but that’s just me. by sv
spot the young author
hint: he was handsome, adventurous, and polysyndetonic in his ways (also, like all the best, slightly insane). by sv
histagrams
for dd, the instagram fanatic… by lil
george and an allegorical hero
blue meanie monday. by sv
the glossary
words, nicknames, rules and instructions never forgotten. by sv
rabbit runs
…but updike swings, allegedly. by sv
quote of the day
“new york had a way of doing that. every now and then the city shook its soul out. it assailed you with an image, or a day, or a crime, or a terror, or a beauty so difficult to wrap your mind around that you had to shake your head in disbelief.”
-colum mccann, let the great world spin
a boy and his butterflies
little nabokov and his fluttering friends. by sv
…speaking of fire
by kd
leave the stars alone!
keep the advertising and clutter down here with the earthlings, please. do it for mr. sagan! by sv
high art vs. low art
an extraordinarily profound view on art brought to you by none other than calvin & hobbes, the brainchild of the understandably reclusive bill watterson. i cannot think of a cartoon that was able to transfigure such prolific ideas so seamlessly; a multifarious array of philosophical, cultural, and political commentary. by sv