horace walpole—morality piece

horace walpole—morality piece

"I own this discovery will pierce my heart; but as morality is best taught by shewing how little effect it had on the best of men, I will sacrifice the most virtuous names for the instruction of the present wicked generation;"

Excerpt From: Walpole, Horace. "Hieroglyphic Tales." Apple Books.
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clark ashton smith—the motes

the motes

i saw a universe today:
through a disclosing bar of light
the motes were whirled in gleaming flight
that briefly dawned and sank away.

each had its swift and tiny moon;
in orbit-streams i marked them flit,
successively revealed and lit.
the sunlight paled and shifted soon.

clark ashton smith, the motes.

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andy warhol—agenda 21

a: you take some chocolate ... and you take two pieces of bread ... and you put the candy in the middle and you make a sandwich of it. and that would be cake.

andy wharhol, the philosophy of andy wharhol, a to b.

dunsany--against opioids

 

“The poppy has grown apace and is killing gods and fairies. Its fumes are suffocating the world, and its roots drain it of its beautiful strength.”

 

Excerpt From: Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett Dunsany. “Fifty-One Tales.” iBooks.

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that tale by dunsany, the giant poppy, about an earlier opioid epidemic and what they tried to do about it. a timely one considering the news on heights canadian opioid deaths are expected to reach by the end of 2017.

 

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winston-shakespeare-churchill

winston churchills retelling of shakespeare's play julius caesar. the tale can be read at the archive.org or downloaded to voice dream where it reads out at thirty minutes.

 

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