Tag Archives: absurd
A Day in the Life of a Musician by Erik Satie
An artist must regulate his life. Here is a time-table of my daily acts. I rise at 7.18; am inspired from 10.23 to 11.47. I lunch at 12.11 and leave the table at 12.14. A healthy ride on horse-back round … Continue reading
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Short Fiction Friday: Poseidon by Franz Kafka
“Poseidon sat at his desk, doing figures. The administration of all the waters gave him endless work. He could have had assistants, as many as he wanted–and he did have very many–but since he took his job very seriously, he … Continue reading
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Short Fiction Friday: A Little Fable by Franz Kafka
“Beyond a certain point there is no return. This point has to be reached.” ~Kafka ‘Alas,’ said the mouse, ‘the whole world is growing smaller every day. At the beginning it was so big that I was afraid, I kept … Continue reading
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Post-Kantian Reflections in a Pre-Andromeda Web of Infinity
I’ve begun to sense an air of change in the atmosphere of 1′s and 0′s. Forgive me if I state the obvious, but I believe we are beginning to see the preliminary stages of the seeds of transformation take … Continue reading
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Virtues of the Impossible
“‘I’m just one hundred and one, five months and a day.’ ‘I can’t believe that!’ said Alice. ‘Can’t you?’ the Queen said in a pitying tone. ‘Try again: draw a long breath, and shut your eyes.’ Alice laughed. ‘There’s no … Continue reading
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Short Fiction Friday: The Plummeting Old Woman by Daniil Kharms
“A certain old woman, out of excess curiosity, fell out of a window, plummeted to the ground, and was smashed to pieces. Another old woman leaned out of the window and began looking at the remains of the first one, … Continue reading
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The Universe Known (for its Absurdity)
(via American Museum of Natural History) From The Hitchiker’s Guide to the Galaxy: Space is big. Really big. You just won’t believe how vastly hugely mind-bogglingly big it is. If there’s anything more important than my ego around, I want … Continue reading
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A Rube Goldberg Page Turner
(via Open Culture) Created by Joseph Herscher, a kinetic artist from New Zealand. Enjoy! Share and Enjoy
