I've been in a long process of trying to understand the difference between loneliness and solitude. Part of that is not being afraid of being alone, and then getting past that fear, and then starting to separate out what is loneliness, and what is solitude, and what is privacy, and what is secret? What is a natural separation of time and schedule, and what is abandonment—or rejection? What is rejection and abandonment, and what is just people taking space to do their own day or whatever? So, no. Now I don't feel lonely at all. It feels like a big injury that healed.
Jenny Slate, interviewed by Dana Schwartz for Marie Claire
listen! MARco, MARcel, MARlowe, MARley: do they only point to war from the god mars (ares), as in martial? three boys dead in marley's war, and only marcel knew it. the seven visible planets have their metals in medieval alchemy: ♂ is iron, the stuff of weapons and armor, spear and shield, forged in fire into steel.
or, is it also the sea: marinus, where we get marine, maritime, and ultramarine, the precious pigment from ground lapis lazuli named not for its deep blue color, but for coming to europe from beyond the sea (the middle east). armin is even an anagram for the old french marin.
add nile dok's widow, MARie, ymir fritz's daughter and wall MARia: marley attacked maria, eren of maria attacked marley. maryam, mother of god. hildegard von bingen called her stella maris, sea star. or the scout squad leader who died in shiganshina, MARlene, whose name i chuckled at as if yams just googled famous germans, but i want to give him credit for this repetition. it's too beautiful and double edged.
I was looking at the description of items in the Robert G. Moch collection on Archive West's website and noticed a chunk of photos taken while Bobby was traveling Europe following the Olympics.
Of the photos, three listed were taken of his father's childhood home. Notes written by Bobby are in italics and a description of the image is in the brackets;
A majority of the photographs taken during his travels were of his relatives:
And because I love research, I spent a brief amount of time looking at Gaston Moch's relatives so that I might identify how they specifically relate to Bobby. I put together a little family tree and discovered Bobby primarily spent time with his two Aunts and their children, his Cousins. I added the birth years of Bobby and his cousins as well as the years his grandparents and uncle passed.
Leo Tolstoy. Mary Elizabeth Braddon. Marcel Proust. Walt Whitman. Alan Wilson Watts. Czeslaw Milosz. Nadine Gordimer. Elias Canetti. Banana Yoshimoto. Kenzaburō Ōe. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn. Alexandre Dumas.
Progress update on my Flotsam Harbour novelization: adapting a comic script into a prose narrative has proven harder than I anticipated, so I'm willing to admit that finishing it within the year may be wishful thinking. In the meantime, I'll continue to take my time on this funky little story! 👽 🛸
Mary Jane Russell, at the top of the Eiffel Tower, in a coral pink tweed ensemble, with the added bonus of a brown moire vest. By Jeanne Lanvin-Castillo. Pumps, by Marcel Aya.
Mary Jane Russell, en haut de la Tour Eiffel, en ensemble en tweed rose corail, avec en prime un gilet en moire marron. Par Jeanne Lanvin-Castillo. Escarpins, de Marcel Aya.
Marcel Broodthaers, I wash my hands of it, Mary Boone/Michael Werner, New York, NY, 1984, Edition of 300, Reprint of an untitled poem by Marcel Broodthaers from 1962-1963 [The Broodthaers Estate published the first edition, ‘Je m’en lave les mains’, in 1982, having taken the liberty of titling the work with the first line of the poem] [Saint-Martin Bookshop, Bruxelles-Brussel]
Left 1911 (April) Afternoon dress by Jenny - photo by Félix. From les-modes.tumblr.com/page/21; fixed spots & flaws w Pshop 1080X1920.
Right 1911 (April) Afternoon dress by Rivain, Les Modes - photo by Henri Manuel. From les-modes.tumblr.com/page/21; fixed spots & flaws w Pshop 1080X1920 @72 2.2Mp.
1911 (December isue) Marcelle Lender in an afternoon dress by Doucet and hat by Marie Crozet Les Modes. Photo - Félix. From les-modes.tumblr.com/image/181124316639 1220X1920.
Left 1911 (December) Afternoon dress by Beer, Les Modes. From les-modes.tumblr.com/page/8 718X1920.
Right 1911 (September) Afternoon dress by Beer, Les Modes, Les Modes - photo by Félix. From les-modes.tumblr.com/page/17 1280X1818 @72 2.5Mp
1911 (May) Jeanne Beryl in Doeuillet afternoon dress, Les Modes - photo by Félix. From 1910 (December) Dinner dress by Maison Agnès, Les Modes - photo by Félix. From les-modes.tumblr.com/page/24 1280X1820.
1911 (September) Laferrière racing ensemble, Les Modes, Les Modes - photo by Félix. From les-modes.tumblr.com/page/17 1280X1763.
Left 1911 (December) Evening coat by Maison Agnès. From les-modes.tumblr.com/page/7 1232X1920.
Right 1911 (December) Evening coat by Linker & Co, Les Modes - photo by Félix. From les-modes.tumblr.com/page/8; fixed spots w Pshop 689X1920.
Left 1911 (December) Dinner dress by Rondeau, Les Modes - photo by Chéri-Rousseau. From les-modes.tumblr.com/page/10; fixed spots w Pshop 866X1920.
Right 1911 (December) Worth evening dress, Les Modes. From les-modes.tumblr.com/page/8 1231X1920
1911 (May) Corset by Drion-Régnier, Les Modes - photo by Reutlinger. From les-modes.tumblr.com/page/21 708X1920.
Left 1911 (December) A. Claverie corset ad. From les-modes.tumblr.com/page/71280X1702.
Right 1911 (December) Ad for Lystra brassieres. From les-modes.tumblr.com/page/7 1280X858.
To celebrate their engagement, Gunnel and Jade decide to throw a party. It's great fun, and like all good parties end up with the guests hanging in the bedroom, chatting.