“Feelings, alas, disappear without justification, and often without a trace.” - Umberto Eco

Even now, all possible feelings do not yet exist.

“Even now, all possible feelings do not yet exist, there are still those that lie beyond our capacity and our imagination. From time to time, when a piece of music no one has ever written or a painting no one has ever painted, or something else impossible to predict, fathom or yet describe takes place, a new feeling enters the world. And then, for the millionth time in the history of feeling, the heart surges and absorbs the impact.”

- Nicole Krauss, The History of Love

I'm kinda over gettin' told to throw my hands up in the air...so there

Bogart

bo·gart

From actor Humphrey Bogart's sense of selfishness and excess, the term has evolved from the original 1960’s use meaning “keep a joint in the mouth instead of passing it on”, recalling the actor’s signature practice of constantly keeping a cigarette dangling out of his mouth, even while talking. Other senses of “bullying” or “tough guy” also recall the actor’s various movie roles.

“Be humble for you are made of earth. Be noble for you are made of stars.” - Serbian Proverb

The Greatest Discovery

“The greatest discovery of my generation is that human beings can alter themselves by altering their attitudes of mind.”  

- William James

Bound 3 So Much To Love

We’ve all been there; two Hollywood superstars lounging around on set waiting for the next shot. It’s hot, you’re bored. Lunch isn’t for another hour. Talk idly turns to the new Kanye West/Kim Kardashian video directed by Nick Knight (below); an idea takes shape. What recreate the whole thing? Shot for shot? We couldn’t James… could we? They only ruddy did…