| classical haiku. Kobayashi Issa. |
[Nov. 8th, 2006|05:22 pm] |
今見れば皆欲目也枯木立
ima mireba mina yokume nari kare kodachi
looking now
with greedy eyes
bare winter trees
translated by David Lanoue
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уже смотрю
голодными глазами...
зимняя голая роща*
*сохранилось примечание Иссы:
"По сравнению с Буддой. Будда свободен от желаний, но глаза Иссы "голодны", они хотят видеть набухающие почки и цветы." |
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| A geopolitical thought of the day |
[Nov. 8th, 2006|06:46 pm] |
If Borat were an Iranian journalist, Sasha Baron Cohen would be condemned to death by Iran's ayatollahs.
upd: the YouTube version of Borat is much better than the theater one. |
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[Nov. 8th, 2006|10:23 pm] |
writing: evolution from a commerce technology to a religious/literary art. p.87
modern analogies: evolution of the internet from a scientific communication tool to an entertainment medium. similarly, computer --> entertainment machine.
scale: libraries and indexes/catalogues. p. 89. |
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