Did you see the frightened ones
Did you hear the falling bombsDid you ever wonder why we had to run for shelter when the
promise of a brave new world unfurled beneath a clear blue
sky-Pink Floyd
the black cat
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Boyd describes the slow stages by which Dr. Seuss invented the micro-town of Who-ville, where the inhabitants play tennis, football and hockey, push babies around in baby carriages, and otherwise act like humans - all on territory smaller than a square centimetre. Having invented this society, he imagined Horton, a conscientious elephant, who sees that Who-ville needs to be saved from accidental destruction.
Before readers finish the book’s 60 pages we’ve absorbed a cluster of lessons on the responsibility of the strong to protect the weak, the necessity to speak up in defence of an endangered community and even the duty to vote.
National Post - Robert Fulford: Dr. Seuss meets Charles Darwin
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if there are heavens my mother, e.e. cummings
if there are any heavens my mother will(all by herself)have
one. It will not be a pansy heaven nor
a fragile heaven of lilies-of-the-valley but
it will be a heaven of blackred roses
my father will be(deep like a rose
tall like a rose)
standing near my
(swaying over her
silent)
with eyes which are really petals and see
nothing with the face of a poet really which
is a flower and not a face with
hands
which whisper
This is my beloved my
(suddenly in sunlight
he will bow,
& the whole garden will bow)
“ Creativity is just connecting things. When you ask creative people how they did something, they feel a little guilty because they didn’t really do it, they just saw something. It seemed obvious to them after a while. That’s because they were able to connect experiences they’ve had and synthesize new things.
Steve Jobs (via ninakix) (via freshbits) (via flowersandart)
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