Monthly Archives: July 2015

Tilda Reads Rumi So Perfectly

Posted on July 26, 2015 by randomyriad

Tilda Swinton can read anything for me anytime she wants to. I would even listen to 50 Shades of Gray or Ayn Rand, if she would only breathe her magic into them. How does a woman enter poetry and live … Continue reading →

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4 More Quotes to Save the World by

Posted on July 22, 2015 by randomyriad

“They tried to bury us. They didn’t know we were seeds.” – Mexican Proverb “Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better.” – Samuel Beckett “Now, here, you see, it takes all the running you can do, … Continue reading →

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Judith: The Buffy of the Bible

Posted on July 17, 2015 by randomyriad

She is so badass she cuts his head off and doesn’t even get any blood on her. Here are some brilliant, scary and weird illustrations of Judith in action or soon after the deed. The look on her face says … Continue reading →

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The Importance of Survival, Questioning the Obvious and The Rejection of Complicity in the Madness: We Need to Think About These Things.

Posted on July 4, 2015 by randomyriad

Even in this place one can survive, and therefore one must want to survive, to tell the story, to bear witness; and that to survive we must force ourselves to save at least the skeleton, the scaffolding, the form of … Continue reading →

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Education Does Not Necessarily Lead to Wisdom

Posted on July 1, 2015 by randomyriad

human dignity cannot be taken away by the government. Slaves did not lose their dignity (any more than they lost their humanity) because the government allowed them to be enslaved. Those held in internment camps did not lose their dignity … Continue reading →

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