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jareckiworld · 2 days

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Zdravko Dučmelić (1923-1989) — Labyrinths of Jorge Luis Borges [mixed media on hardboard, 1987]

#Zdravko Dučmelić #croatian artist #argentinian art #labyrinths #Jorge Luis Borges

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stay-close · 8 months

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Two souls dont find each other by simple accident.

Jorge Luis Borges

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nateconnolly · 5 months

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[I am babysitting a toddler. I point at a traffic light.]

Me: Red means stop

Jorge Luis Borges [clambering out of the sewers]: But red doesn't have to mean stop! The act of stopping has no intrinsic redness! All signifiers are radically contingent! There is a gap between signifiers and the things they signify, AND THE GAP ITSELF IS A SIGNIFIER

[I grab a golf club and start beating Borges to death while the toddler screams]

#jorge luis borges #original post #commit to the bit

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thoughtkick · 23 days

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So plant your own gardens and decorate your own soul, instead of waiting for someone to bring you flowers.

Jorge Luis Borges

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seleccionpoetica · 7 months

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Jorge Luis Borges, El conquistador.

#jorge luis borges #literatura #poesia #poesía #poemas #libros

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somos-deseos · 10 months

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#Fraselibros

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apoemaday · 3 months

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Poem Written in a Copy of Beowulf

by Jorge Luis Borges tr. Alastair Reid

At various times, I have asked myself what reasons moved me to study, while my night came down, without particular hope of satisfaction, the language of the blunt-tongued Anglo-Saxons.

Used up by the years, my memory loses its grip on words that I have vainly repeated and repeated. My life in the same way weaves and unweaves its weary history.

Then I tell myself: it must be that the soul has some secret, sufficient way of knowing that it is immortal, that its vast, encompassing circle can take in all, can accomplish all.

Beyond my anxiety, beyond this writing, the universe waits, inexhaustible, inviting.

#poetry #jorge luis borges #poem written in a copy of beowulf #tr. alastair reid

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thehopefulquotes · 4 months

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So you plant your own garden and decorate your own soul, instead of waiting for someone to bring you flowers.

Jorge Luis Borges, After a While