trail of footprints

"It was one drop of salt water against another."

Tue, 29 May 2012 12:20:05 -0400

“It was one drop of salt water against another.”

- Ruth Stone, from “Genesis” (via the-final-sentence)

"Our words are caught in our throats and our fingers are caught in each other, and between the ticks..."

Mon, 28 May 2012 12:30:41 -0400

“Our words are caught in our throats and our fingers are caught in each other, and between the ticks of infinite clocks there is a hush, like moonlight or moths’ wings or dawn.”

- Madison Maheni (via dwales)

"ocean’s music/ an ornamental/ parapet along the edge of/ silence."

Sun, 27 May 2012 12:30:48 -0400

“ocean’s music/ an ornamental/ parapet along the edge of/ silence.”

- Keith Waldrop (via sleepinginthesnow)

Swan, by Arborea

Sat, 26 May 2012 12:30:43 -0400

Swan, by Arborea

Fog & Light III (by quiet nymphs)

Sat, 26 May 2012 07:21:02 -0400

Fog & Light III (by quiet nymphs)

"To write with silence."

Fri, 25 May 2012 12:20:44 -0400

“To write with silence.”

- Anna Kamienska, from “A Nest of Quiet,” trans. Clare Cavanagh (via proustitute)

Winter Sky Panorama (with star names) This is a panorama of the...

Thu, 24 May 2012 12:23:00 -0400

Winter Sky Panorama (with star names)

This is a panorama of the main constellations of the northern winter sky, from Orion in the south (bottom) to Auriga in the north (top), with the Milky Way running down the frame. This area of sky contains loads of bright stars and is prominent all thru the winter months.

Brightest stars:

— Capella in Auriga,
— Aldebaran and the Pleiades in Taurus,
— Betelgeuse, Rigel and the Belt Stars in Orion
— Procyon in Canis Minor
— Castor and Pollux in Gemini
Just off the frame below Orion is Sirius in Canis Major.

(Hi-res)

By Astronomy Calgary

"A dream, like trying to remember, breaks open words for other, hidden meanings."

Wed, 23 May 2012 12:18:34 -0400

“A dream, like trying
to remember, breaks open words
for other,
hidden meanings.”

- Rosmarie Waldrop, from “The Ambition of Ghosts, I. Remembering into Sleep” (via proustitute)

theurbanfoxwatcher: Perhaps the only real downside to living...

Wed, 23 May 2012 09:00:01 -0400

theurbanfoxwatcher:

Perhaps the only real downside to living close to foxes is being woken up at 4am by their screams! Although I quite like the sound of screaming foxes, so it doesn’t bother me too much, lol.

These two went on for absolutely ages, but I was only able to capture a short clip of it. I did manage to catch the tail end of their argument, however, and you can clearly hear both foxes; one making a screeching sound, and the other doing more of a wailing call.

"I finally figured out that I’m solitary by nature, but at the same time I know so many people; so..."

Wed, 23 May 2012 08:59:48 -0400

“I finally figured out that I’m solitary by nature, but at the same time I know so many people; so many people think they own a piece of me. They shift and move under my skin, like a parade of memories that simply won’t go away. It doesn’t matter where I am, or how alone—I always have such a crowded head.”

- Charles de Lint, from Memory and Dream

Dark forest by Evgeni Dinev on Flickr.

Wed, 23 May 2012 08:59:38 -0400

Dark forest by Evgeni Dinev on Flickr.

sleepinginthesnow: In a theory known as the Musica Universalis, Pythagoras proposed that the Sun,...

Wed, 23 May 2012 08:59:08 -0400

sleepinginthesnow:

In a theory known as the Musica Universalis, Pythagoras proposed that the Sun, Moon and planets all emit their own unique hum (orbital resonance) based on their orbital revolution and that the quality of life on Earth reflects the tenor of celestial sounds which are physically imperceptible to the human ear.

A Beached Whale in the Forests of Argentina

Wed, 23 May 2012 08:49:01 -0400

A Beached Whale in the Forests of Argentina:

Argentinean sculptor Adrián Villar Rojas creates enormous sculptural works that seem like remnants of a science fiction movie set, or bizarre moments from a surreal dream. One of my favorite pieces is My Family Dead (2009), in which he created a life-size blue whale in the woods outside Ushuaia, Argentina. The beached cetacean is pockmarked with tree stumps, making me wonder if it’s being slowly claimed by the forest or perhaps it’s a native resident. Beautiful. (via devid sketchbook)

"It might interest you to know, speaking of the plentiful imagery of the world, that I am the sound..."

Tue, 22 May 2012 12:26:00 -0400

“It might interest you to know,
speaking of the plentiful imagery of the world,
that I am the sound of rain on the roof.”

- Billy Collins, from “Litany” (thanks, risky wiver)

awesomealtart: This elaborate, breathtaking painting by Anna...

Tue, 22 May 2012 09:32:00 -0400

awesomealtart: This elaborate, breathtaking painting by Anna Christenson portrays Jack, a character from Charles de Lint’s otherworldly novel Someplace to be Flying.

One of my favourite books, by one of my favourite authors. The story of how Raven made the world, but he’s always losing the Very Important World-Making Pot, & Coyote is trying to find the pot so he can stir it & change the world & fix it from the last time he stirred it & messed it up. & everyone is caught in the middle, & the Crow Girls feature heavily.

At the beginning of Someplace to be Flying, is this bit of poetry:

So I asked the raven as he passed by,
I said, “Tell me, raven, why’d you make the sky?”
“The moon and stars, I threw them high,
I needed someplace to be flying.”

—Kiya Heartwood, from “Wyoming Wind”

Charles de Lint was in town doing a book signing recently, & this is one of the books I took to have signed (I videoed bits of the talk here). He told me he was happy to see my beat up copies of his books :)

Um. Boat + giant nest + abandoned house + giant horned skull +...

Tue, 22 May 2012 09:22:22 -0400

Um. Boat + giant nest + abandoned house + giant horned skull + twinkle lights + a bunch of twigs. It’s like, the recipe for a magic ritual to sail away to the moon. (take me with you!)

Photo by Mike Bailey Gates, more here. (beware, there’s fashion photos & models & similar crap)

Arborea- A Little Time

Tue, 22 May 2012 08:36:41 -0400

Arborea- A Little Time

"Take me to the other side of this night, where I am you, we are us, the kingdom where pronouns are..."

Tue, 22 May 2012 08:13:10 -0400

“Take me to the other side of this night,
where I am you, we are us,
the kingdom where pronouns are intertwined
…and the sea sang with the murmur of light.”

- Octavio Paz, Sunstone (via sleepinginthesnow)

November Night Fog III (by ~EvidencE~)

Tue, 22 May 2012 08:13:01 -0400

November Night Fog III (by ~EvidencE~)

"but I say whatever one loves, is"

Tue, 22 May 2012 08:12:43 -0400

“but I say whatever
one loves, is”

- Sappho, Poems and Fragments, trans. Stanley Lombardo (via proustitute)