Oct. 27 2011

kratlee:

when i was younger i struggled with the concept of tunnels. i didn’t understand that tunnels are dug in the ground below the water and i always thought they were in the water; i couldn’t figure out how they stopped the water in order to build the tunnels in the first place. i imagined workers in scuba gear and wet cement that would never fully dry. whenever we drove through the lincoln tunnel and were held up in traffic i would stare at the tiled walls and see them bursting open to drown us all.

right now i’m stuck in the tunnel, reading a manuscript and thinking about drowning.

don’t watch this: http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daylight_(film)

Nov. 13 2008

Last Pictures (via chris)

On January 13, 2005 the bodies of Canadian couple John and Jackie Knill were discovered on a Thailand beach resort. They were two of the many victims killed from the December 26 2004 tsunami. Weeks later a Seattle man doing relief work found a damaged camera and discarded it but kept the memory card in the camera. After downloading the images he discovered pictures of the Knill’s enjoying their vacation, as well as shots of a huge wave approaching the shore. With each picture it shows the wave getting closer and closer to shore. The last picture taken of them before the wave hit (shown above) was shot just after 8.30 am on December 26.

Oct. 27 2008

Oct. 22 2008

Oct. 17 2008

Sep. 13 2008

It is about the real value of a real education, which has almost nothing to do with knowledge, and everything to do with simple awareness; awareness of what is so real and essential, so hidden in plain sight all around us, all the time…

(From DFW’s commencement speech at Kenyon).

Last night, David Foster Wallace hanged himself. This is a heartbreaking loss.

(via debauchette)