February 2010
29 posts
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“A Klee painting named “Angelus Novus” shows an angel looking as...”
– Walter Benjamin. “Theses on the Philosophy of History.” Illuminations: Essays and Reflections. New York: Schocken Books, 1969.
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January 2010
5 posts
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WatchTake careful note of the the self-portrait at around 2.50, and remember Angelus Novus (1920) the watercolor by Paul Klee, or wait to read my next post…
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Walking to Campus on Friday...
I passed an empty, dirty Skoal container on the ground. The previous evening, I had watched an episode of Hoarders in which a middle-aged woman refuses to part with her box of empty prescription pill bottles because, “they might come in handy,” perhaps to a jewelry maker, someone who works with beads. Noticing the filthy Skoal container, I thought, “If I were a hoarder, I might...
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