with all their gravity they have the secret of lightness, and that what many consider to be the vitality of the times - noisy, aggressive, revving and roaring - belongs to the realm of death, like a cemetery for rusty old cars."

- Italo Calvino, 1985
Six Memos for the Next Millennium

"Were I to choose an auspicious image for the new millennium, I would choose that one: the sudden agile leap of the poet-philosopher who raises themself above the weight of the world, showing that ... (cot'd)

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