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Sam Rasnake
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Scribbler of words... Fallen Leaves (Ballerini Book Press, forthcoming), Like a Thread to Follow (Cyberwit), Cinéma Vérité (A-Minor Press), World within the World (Cyberwit), Inside a Broken Clock (Finishing Line Press).
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Stories We Tell / Sarah Polley, dir., 2012
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Stories We Tell / Sarah Polley, dir., 2012
November 26, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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I find myself most alone
When I believe I am striving for glory.

These times, cool and sharp,
A monument of moon-white stone

lodges in place near my heart.
In a dream, my children

Glisten inside raindrops, or teardrops.
Tracy K. Smith
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I find myself most alone When I believe I am striving for glory. These times, cool and sharp, A monument of moon-white stone lodges in place near my heart. In a dream, my children Glisten inside raindrops, or teardrops. Tracy K. Smith
November 26, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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“Mankind needs more empathy.”
Philip K. Dick, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

Still: Blade Runner / Ridley Scott, dir., 1982
“Mankind needs more empathy.” Philip K. Dick, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? Still: Blade Runner / Ridley Scott, dir., 1982
November 25, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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Au hasard Balthazar / Robert Bresson, dir., 1966

There’s no filmmaker quite like, Bresson – and no film like this one.
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Au hasard Balthazar / Robert Bresson, dir., 1966 There’s no filmmaker quite like, Bresson – and no film like this one.
November 25, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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What the river says, that is what I say.
William Stafford
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What the river says, that is what I say. William Stafford
November 25, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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Through a Glass Darkly / Ingmar Bergman, dir., 1961

Pt. 1 of Bergman's amazing 'trilogy'...
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Through a Glass Darkly / Ingmar Bergman, dir., 1961 Pt. 1 of Bergman's amazing 'trilogy'...
November 24, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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“Flowery mantle.” “Homeric sacrifice?” “noise of darkness” “fear of
darkness” “now mantle of innocence” “King of his death now” “Home”
“I’ve come home” “He said, ‘I’ve come home’” “They were sacrificed for
nothing, for distant” “instants of thought”
Alice Notley
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“Flowery mantle.” “Homeric sacrifice?” “noise of darkness” “fear of darkness” “now mantle of innocence” “King of his death now” “Home” “I’ve come home” “He said, ‘I’ve come home’” “They were sacrificed for nothing, for distant” “instants of thought” Alice Notley
November 24, 2025 at 1:10 PM
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The Silence of the Lambs / Jonathan Demme, dir., 1991
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The Silence of the Lambs / Jonathan Demme, dir., 1991
November 23, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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I love these raw moist dawns with
a thousand birds you hear but can't
quite see in the mist.
My old alien body is a foreigner
struggling to get into another country.
Jim Harrison
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I love these raw moist dawns with a thousand birds you hear but can't quite see in the mist. My old alien body is a foreigner struggling to get into another country. Jim Harrison
November 23, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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The Apartment / Billy Wilder, dir., 1960
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The Apartment / Billy Wilder, dir., 1960
November 22, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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“Are we”

extinct yet. Who owns
the map. May I
look. Where is my
claim. Is my history

verifiable. Have I
included the memory
of the animals. The animals’
memories. Are they

still here. Are we

alone.
Jorie Graham
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“Are we” extinct yet. Who owns the map. May I look. Where is my claim. Is my history verifiable. Have I included the memory of the animals. The animals’ memories. Are they still here. Are we alone. Jorie Graham
November 22, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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Frankenstein / Guillermo del Toro, dir., 2025

A very moving film. The Frankenstein myth has loomed large throughout del Toro's career.
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Frankenstein / Guillermo del Toro, dir., 2025 A very moving film. The Frankenstein myth has loomed large throughout del Toro's career.
November 21, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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A few light flakes of snow
Fall in the feeble sun;
Birds sing in the cold,
A warbler by the wall. The plum
Buds tight and chill soon bloom.
The moon begins first
Fourth, a faint slice west
At nightfall.
Gary Snyder
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A few light flakes of snow Fall in the feeble sun; Birds sing in the cold, A warbler by the wall. The plum Buds tight and chill soon bloom. The moon begins first Fourth, a faint slice west At nightfall. Gary Snyder
November 21, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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L’Avventura/ Michelangelo Antonioni, dir., 1964

Subtle and powerful. An amazing film, proving that questions are more essential than answers - at least for me.
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L’Avventura/ Michelangelo Antonioni, dir., 1964 Subtle and powerful. An amazing film, proving that questions are more essential than answers - at least for me.
November 20, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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Dear ferocious dreamer. Dear maven of song and surveyor of every flung star. Dear meandering romantic, audacious witness, dear listener with the whole of your covetous heart. Dear listener to the air’s brutal and gorgeous music, soft dancer to ballads not yet written or sung.
Patricia Smith
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Dear ferocious dreamer. Dear maven of song and surveyor of every flung star. Dear meandering romantic, audacious witness, dear listener with the whole of your covetous heart. Dear listener to the air’s brutal and gorgeous music, soft dancer to ballads not yet written or sung. Patricia Smith
November 20, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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“We are an impossibility in an impossible universe.”
Ray Bradbury
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“We are an impossibility in an impossible universe.” Ray Bradbury
November 20, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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Vagabond / Agnès Varda, dir., 1985

A performance that is devastating, powerful, real.
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Vagabond / Agnès Varda, dir., 1985 A performance that is devastating, powerful, real.
November 19, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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I found the words to every thought
I ever had – but One –
And that – defies me –
Emily Dickinson
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Photo: Dickinson’s window, Amherst, Massachusetts
I found the words to every thought I ever had – but One – And that – defies me – Emily Dickinson Photo: Dickinson’s window, Amherst Massachusetts
November 19, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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Before Sunrise / Richard Linklater, dir., 1995
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Before Sunrise / Richard Linklater, dir., 1995
November 18, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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Above the hospital, the moon kept shining. I wasn’t anywhere and I couldn’t describe it, I couldn’t stay awake. I mumbled. I stuttered. I crashed the words together or trailed off. I couldn’t say it straight so I tried saying around it—
Richard Siken
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Above the hospital, the moon kept shining. I wasn’t anywhere and I couldn’t describe it, I couldn’t stay awake. I mumbled. I stuttered. I crashed the words together or trailed off. I couldn’t say it straight so I tried saying around it— Richard Siken
November 18, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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The Straight Story / David Lynch, dir., 1999

A beautiful and inspiring journey tale

“I learned that just beneath the surface there’s another world, and still different worlds as you dig deeper.” David Lynch
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The Straight Story / David Lynch, dir., 1999 A beautiful and inspiring journey tale “I learned that just beneath the surface there’s another world, and still different worlds as you dig deeper.” David Lynch
November 17, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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Sleep is twenty

it certainly isn’t twenty sheep
there weren’t that many in the herd
under the cold crest of Sierra Nevada

It’s more like 20 Madison Ave. buses
while I go droning away at my dream life
Each episode is important
that’s what it is! Sequences —
Barbara Guest
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Sleep is twenty it certainly isn’t twenty sheep there weren’t that many in the herd under the cold crest of Sierra Nevada It’s more like 20 Madison Ave. buses while I go droning away at my dream life Each episode is important that’s what it is! Sequences — Barbara Guest
November 17, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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Contempt / Jean-Luc Godard, dir., 1963

One of my favorite films - short list.
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Contempt / Jean-Luc Godard, dir., 1963 One of my favorite films - short list.
November 16, 2025 at 9:19 PM
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After the cups, the marmalade, the tea,
Among the porcelain, among some talk of you and me,
Would it have been worth while,
To have bitten off the matter with a smile,
To have squeezed the universe into a ball
To roll it towards some overwhelming question
TS Eliot
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After the cups, the marmalade, the tea, Among the porcelain, among some talk of you and me, Would it have been worth while, To have bitten off the matter with a smile, To have squeezed the universe into a ball To roll it towards some overwhelming question TS Eliot
November 16, 2025 at 9:10 PM
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Happy birthday, Mother. Miss you.
Happy birthday, Mother. Miss you.
November 15, 2025 at 4:13 PM