Hear/Say

Excerpt from The Love Songs of J. Alfred Prufrock by T.S. Eliot. Links throughout.

In the room the women come and go         35
Talking of Michelangelo. 

And indeed there will be time 
To wonder, “Do I dare?” and, “Do I dare?” 
Time to turn back and descend the stair, 
With a bald spot in the middle of my hair—         40
[They will say: “How his hair is growing thin!”] 
My morning coat, my collar mounting firmly to the chin, 
My necktie rich and modest, but asserted by a simple pin— 
[They will say: “But how his arms and legs are thin!”] 
Do I dare         45
Disturb the universe? 
In a minute there is time 
For decisions and revisions which a minute will reverse.

For I have known them all already, known them all:— 
Have known the evenings, mornings, afternoons,         50
I have measured out my life with coffee spoons; 
I know the voices dying with a dying fall 
Beneath the music from a farther room. 
 So how should I presume? 

 And I have known the eyes already, known them all—         55
The eyes that fix you in a formulated phrase, 
And when I am formulated, sprawling on a pin, 
When I am pinned and wriggling on the wall, 
Then how should I begin 
To spit out all the butt-ends of my days and ways?         60
And how should I presume? 

And I have known the arms already, known them all— 
Arms that are braceleted and white and bare 
[But in the lamplight, downed with light brown hair!] 
It is perfume from a dress         65
That makes me so digress? 
Arms that lie along a table, or wrap about a shawl. 
And should I then presume? 

  And how should I begin?

Erik Satie ate only white foods for a period of time.

I think of him when I think of surrealism and Picasso (Picasso designed costumes for Satie’s ballet); and when I think of those, I think of Post/Modernism. Also, when I think of devilish limits on consumption intake (er… outside of recycling, and being re-source wise, ehhh?) like diets… allergies… intolerance… the like. Why would you want to limit food intake purely on the basis of plain aesthetics? It’s not as if the pleasing salad of textures and tastes in Little Thai’s crispy vegetable noodle plate– CRISPY NOODLE! BROCCOLI! MUSHROOMS! BEANS! CHICKEN!– was any less delicious or tasty than an item exuding literary pureness– RICE! WHITE RADISH! WHITE CHOCOLATE! MARSHMALLOWS! COCONUT FLAKES!–

I’ve been INadvertently consuming ORANGE foods: aside from the rare free lunch, I’ve only eaten MAC ‘N CHEESE, ORANGES, and GOLDFISH (cracka-snacka) — !*

I’ve been getting into It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia (< I originally grossly misspelled this) and the comedy is having me LAWLFESTing and FOFLMAFO’ing (Falling On Floor Laughing ” ” “”; Charlie’s strange, nasal pitch has grown on me,

because I love him. We would be friends. And Danny Devito is on the show. Who doesn’t love Danny Devito? How dare you.

I feel like I am going to devour the rest of these orange fish nuggetz of Goldfish. And I’ll have a sea of crumbs crashing against my gumlines.

Wish Molly Moon’s would deliver.

Heeeeee yah

Graceee

*this is a lie. I seem to recall devouring a banana, some biscotti, soup, and a burrito… sometime recently. Also, coffee doesn’t count, even if I have it for breakfast/lunch / and /dinner.

A new biopic of Salvador Dali is coming out soon.

Surprisingly, (at least to me) they cast Twilight’s vampire Robert Pattinson for Dali’s role. Titled “Little Ashes”, it tells the story of an 18 year old Dali and his relationships with fellow modernists Frederico Garcia Lorca (played by Javier Beltran) and Luis Bunuel (played by Matthew McNulty).

There’s always that misgiving about incredibly photogenic people in teen movies and their acting abilities (see: Zac Efron. Gossip Girl cast. etc.) Well, at least I always doubt. In such a character typecast of a vampire/ aloof man/boy/hero seething with distant steel of masculinity, it’s hard to see how capable Pattinson might be.

Smug smirk of those who are aware of their fanclub.

I have hope though. No one can really tarnish the brilliance of Salvador Dali.

Cenicitas, by Salvador Dali

The movie is named after Dali’s oil painting “Cenicitas” (Little Ashes in spanish)

Pattinson and Beltran play Dali and Lorca

Who wouldn't want a beer with Dali? Er, glass of wine

The movie comes out to theatres tomorrow May 8th, 2009.

Gracie