July 2011
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“The only rule is work. If you work, it will lead to something. It’s the people...”
– Sister Corita Kent, via Frank Chimero.
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April 2011
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December 2010
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Three recent notes on the value of writing well.
“Hire the better writer  […] Writing is today’s currency for good ideas”, from Rework, by Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson. Jim Coudal: “I will always hire the one who can write. It’s the sign of an organised mind.” (via Liz Danzico, whose own writing keeps me thinking and moving) Frank Chimero: “Learn to write, and not school-style writing. A...
Aug 26th
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July 2010
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Two for Tango, (2009), dir Amine Hattou, via xeos. ”[…] I will say simply that we all need to be in the arms of someone, and in tango, we can do it … even with a stranger.”
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June 2010
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December 2009
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Park Chan-wook, Thirst.
Dec 14th
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October 2009
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“You need to see the fun in practising. Because there is no destination in tango.”
– Lucy, from Thursday night tango.
Oct 7th
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“Ultimately, my whole approach to what I do is 95% effort and 5% talent. I really...”
– “Christoph Niemann: Short Deadlines Make You Think Straight” interview with Jocelyn K. Glei on The 99%; via Jack Cheng.
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Nada
Nada, nada queda de tu casa natal solo telarañas que teje el yuyal. El rosal tampoco existe y es seguro que se ha muerto al irte tu Todo es una cruz! Nada, nada más que tristeza y quietud Nadie que me diga si vives aun Donde estas … para decirte que hoy he vuelto arrepentido a buscar tu amor? Nothing, nothing’s left of the house where you were born, nothing now but cobwebs that thread...
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(via Gotan Project) Gotan Project, ‘Santa Maria’ (click the HQ button to toggle between standard & high definition).
Apr 10th
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Apr 9th
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Night. Exterior.
(LaRhette and Rock are practicing dancing in an empty playground.)
Rock: You know . . . you look different when you dance.
LaRhette: How?
Rock: Like . . . calm . . . like, like you're at peace or somethin'.
LaRhette: Well, yeah, that's cos when I'm dancing I'm in my moment.
Rock: What's that mean?
LaRhette: It's just this place where it gets all silent, and I forget about everything bad, and it just feels good.
(beat)
Rock: Alright, come on.
(they continue dancing)
--
'Take the Lead' (2006)
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Apr 2nd
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“Po-Wing tries to simplify the complex endeavour of creating a dance together by...”
– Erin Manning, Politics of Touch (p.26)
Apr 2nd
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“Through tango, we have a gripping story of the seduction of imperialism. In...”
– Erin Manning, Politics of Touch (p.27)
Apr 2nd
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March 2009
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“But, above all, I learned that pleasure—taken to its...”
– Sally Potter, on learning tango.
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“E.L. Doctorow once said that ‘writing a novel is like driving a car at...”
– Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird.
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