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"Flaubert believed it was impossible to explain one art form in terms of another & great paintings required no words of explanation.Braque thought the ideal state would be reached when we said nothing at all in front of a painting.But we are very far from reaching that state.We remain incorrigibly verbal creatures who love to explain things, to form opinions.It is a rare picture which stuns,or argues, us into silence." — Jan 21, 2026 08:47AM
"Flaubert believed it was impossible to explain one art form in terms of another & great paintings required no words of explanation.Braque thought the ideal state would be reached when we said nothing at all in front of a painting.But we are very far from reaching that state.We remain incorrigibly verbal creatures who love to explain things, to form opinions.It is a rare picture which stuns,or argues, us into silence." — Jan 21, 2026 08:47AM
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"Literature encourages resistance to capitalist values, to the practicalities of getting and spending. Literature is the noise of culture as well as its information. It is an entropic force as well cultural capital. It is a writing that calls for a reading and engages readers in problems of meaning." — Nov 22, 2025 05:52AM
"Literature encourages resistance to capitalist values, to the practicalities of getting and spending. Literature is the noise of culture as well as its information. It is an entropic force as well cultural capital. It is a writing that calls for a reading and engages readers in problems of meaning." — Nov 22, 2025 05:52AM
“Awareness has infinite gradations, like light.”
― Bread and Wine
― Bread and Wine
“I hide your portrait
in a closet with no holes
your dress
in the dresser
I place the mirror on the bracket
upside down
remains of your hair
are dancing on the windowsill
in direction of the wind
in my room
there is always
a vacant chair”
―
in a closet with no holes
your dress
in the dresser
I place the mirror on the bracket
upside down
remains of your hair
are dancing on the windowsill
in direction of the wind
in my room
there is always
a vacant chair”
―
“I am glad you have an hour for books, those enthralling friends, the immortalities...”
― Emily Dickinson: Letters
― Emily Dickinson: Letters
“I was ashamed of myself when I realised life was a costume party and I attended with my real face”
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―
“The day breaks not: it is my heart.”
― The Complete English Poems
― The Complete English Poems
Elizabeth Taylor - Just one to begin with . . .
— 12 members
— last activity Jan 26, 2024 04:25AM
Hi Friends - completed A Game of Hide and Seek - and moving on...
The Short Story Club
— 558 members
— last activity 2 hours, 4 min ago
The purpose of this group is to read and discuss one short story a week. For the the first couple of years, we read from specific anthologies, but fro ...more
Homer's The Odyssey, translated by Emily Wilson
— 199 members
— last activity Aug 15, 2025 01:06PM
In this group, we will read and discuss Emily Wilson's new translation of Homer's The Odyssey, published in November 2017 by Norton. We also welcome d ...more
Tessa Hadley Fans
— 6 members
— last activity Feb 04, 2024 03:44PM
A small group to read Tessa Hadley's latest novel - Free Love. Start date - tentative - January 2024 ...more
Girl by Edna O'Brien - Starting 10 January 2025
— 5 members
— last activity Apr 11, 2025 04:01PM
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