Life Magazine Photo Archive

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Trapped in Neverland

Interesting article on maturity and entertainment culture here. Key quote: “The world of my grandfather was evil because it made him grow up too fast; the world of today is evil because it prevents many from ever growing up at all.” (via B2W )

P4K's Poptimist Column #19

Read here as Tom Ewing considers the changing role of music critics in a networked age.

Castles In The Sky

November 1, 2008

By Bret

This last August, we took a nice long vacation to Northern California and spent some quality time with just about all of our in-state family. On the Lake Tahoe leg of our trip, we spent a long morning playing in the shallows at Meeks Bay.

While helping the toddlers build and destroy sand castles, I had an idea for a photographic project.

Berry on Writing Poetry

“Accept what comes from silence.
Make the best you can of it.
Of the little words that come
out of the silence, like prayers
prayed back to the one who prays,
make a poem that does not disturb
the silence from which it came.”
–Wendell Berry, from How to be a Poet

Twain (?) on History

“History doesn’t repeat itself, but it often rhymes.”
—Attributed to Mark Twain