Moleskin notes
I saw a moleskin notebook advertised at a Barnes and Noble. The advertising said “it’s the same kind of notebook that Hemingway wrote in.” Being a consumer-driven shmuck, I bought it. Here are some notes, scribbled all the way back to 2002.
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I went on my computer to print a drawing. After thinking for a second, a status window popped up and said “no issues”.
“You’re damn tootin’,” I thought.
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I woke up with a clarity greater than the convenience of my limitations. (12/17/02)
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It is an angry, lucky world
full of lucky people who aren’t angry.
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Getty Museum, Dorothea Lange exhibit of depression-era photographs: you can tell the employed from the unemployed because the employed wore smiles. (12/28/02)
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– That’s a chinese scroll painting, right?
– Right.
– What does it say?
– I don’t know. Something pretentious.
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“She’s kinda cute,
except for that
piece of snot
hanging off her nose.”
“That’s a nose ring.”
“Oh.”
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Jack Nicklaus is the greatest golfer who ever lived. He would have been a greater golfer if he cared less about his wife and family. But he was still the greatest golfer who ever lived. — CBS Sports
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“I cannot fight him.”
“Why?”
“He has the eyes of a man who has already won.”
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Do conquerors recognize victory
or does victory recognize them?
(6/10/03)
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There are 3 types of readers:
– One who reads only what he already knows, because he is unconvinced of his beliefs and needs affirmation.
– One who reads with an open mind but without a target.
– One who reads to find the paths to his targets.
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Sticks and stones may break my bones
but my lawyer can make you insolvent.
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The new sanctuary,
the new church
is in the bookstore,
where the books are,
where books that
protect us
from ignorance
are.
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“Simple excitement dulls the ability of the infinite mind.” — from What the Bleep Do We Know (scribbled while watching the movie)
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“If you can’t control your emotion, you’re addicted to it.” — What the Bleep…
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Using the evolution of art as a measurement, has the perception of human beings changed over time? Did ancient artists create those primitive representations of “human” because of limited tools, or a limited perception? (4/13/05)
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I’m celebrating the periodic discovery of my perpetual freedom.