Problems, obstacles, and challenges
Problems, obstacles, and challenges can either become the markers of our limits and limitations, or they can become the springboard into a whole new world. Erwin McManus
Markers
I\\’ve always liked language
I’ve always liked language and been a big reader. I always loved books as objects. My favorite time of year as a child was September when we’d go buy all kinds of notebooks and pens and markers for school. I think I wanted to be a writer just so I’d be able to fill up … Read more
That you write a
That you write a phrase or you think of something and it seems to have a deeper charge because the title has to be some kind of marker, something setting out a space, creating a space for what’s going to come. Edward Hirsch
What is new, however,
What is new, however, is always evil, being that which wants to conquer and overthrow the old boundary markers and the old pieties; and only what is old is good. The good men are in all ages those who dig the old thoughts, digging deep and getting them to bear fruit – the farmers of … Read more
Outstanding examples of genius
Outstanding examples of genius – a Mozart, a Shakespeare, or a Carl Friedrich Gauss – are markers on the path along which our species appears destined to tread. Fred Hoyle
I want to trace
I want to trace my father, could you suggest a good marker pen? Frankie Boyle
Recently while browsing in
Recently while browsing in a secondhand bookstore I bought a paperback copy of The Intellectual and the City, but I was unable to read it. When I got home I discovered that the original owner had highlighted the entire book – literally. Every line on every page had been drawn through with a bright green … Read more
I must say, I
I must say, I am trying to live my life with a sharpie marker approach. You can’t erase the strokes you’ve made, but each step is much bolder and more deliberate. Dianna Agron
One of the concepts
One of the concepts I was having trouble illustrating was the concept that administrative systems create narrow categories of gender and force people into them in order to get their basic needs met – what I call administrative violence. I had images of forms with gender boxes and ID cards with gender markers, but I … Read more
In the first Chucky
In the first Chucky film, there’s a scene in the elevator where a woman is just bringing food to a friend’s home and they’re in that cage elevator. She says, ‘What an ugly doll,’ and walks away. As the elevator begins to descend, Brad just decides he’s going to drop this in and it was … Read more