April 2011
8 posts
Birth Pains
I wish I could say that there’s a wealth of semiotic discourses possible in President Obama’s recent release of his official birth record, except that all discussion about it is pretty obvious. One: Donald Trump exemplifies the callousness of the party he represents, focusing as he does on an issue resolved years ago. In doing so, Mr. Trump craftily distracts the general public from a larger, more...
Exit Music, continued, 4/16-30/2002
Hello. This is the next installment of Exit Music. Thanks for dropping in.
April 16
Rollerblading past the cherry trees in full bloom along the promenade on Riverside Park: freedom and happiness. And I wanted a way to pack this view, this happiness in a box and send it to my family in Manila. When they open the box: the rippling water, and the barges on the river; the flowers a fading pink...
Exit Music, 4/1-15/2002
April 1
My instinct told me to go to Strand to get a copy of the Dalai Lama’s How to Practice; I walked straight to the basement, where true enough, I found the last copy of the book. (I used to have these strong instincts when I was younger. I worry now whether I only imagined that I had them, or whether I am losing them. In any case, often it seems I am no longer as psychic as I imagined I was...
