after rembrandt +

‘After Rembrandt’

Bough of a tree to the rain . . .” he turns the phrase over in his mouth as if it were fine wine, trying to guess its vintage, realizing somewhat indifferently that it is beyond him.

László Krasznahorkai, Satantango

this is ‘after Rembrandt’s self portrait laughing’

the quote is from my current reading.

The

But desire of knowledge, like the thirst of riches, increases ever with the acquisition of it. The

Laurence Sterne, The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman.

accurate…

drummer

arm

SOLID

get

“That was mean!” Alice said indignantly. “Then I like the Carpenter best—if he didn’t eat so many as the Walrus.”
“But he ate as many as he could get,” said Tweedledum.

Lewis Carroll ‘Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There’

[visceral]

i am reading Satan Tango by Laszlo Krasznahorkai – Sebald had given it a remarkable review (& mebbe written more on him? if so i can’t find it) – it’s the book the Bela Tarr film is based on, & Krasznahorkai has worked with Tarr on quite a few projects.

it’s beautifully balanced. visceral and dreamy.

I am now resisting the urge to purchase everything he has written

crazy times so make summat