17 November 2009

"I wish I weren't reeling at all"




"... the only thing to do is simply continue
is that simple
yes, it is simple because it is the only thing to do
can you do it
yes, you can because it is the only thing to do
blue light over the Bois de Boulogne it continues
the Seine continues ...
... but we shall continue to be ourselves everything continues to be possible
René Char, Pierre Revery, Samuel Beckett it is possible isn't it
I love Reverdy for saying yes, though I don't believe it"

-Frank O'Hara from his poem "ADIEU TO NORMAN, BON JOUR TO JOAN AND JEAN-PAUL"

the ancient camera casts its old eye on everything it sees


Lower East Side, yesterday