The bass was palpable, vibrating through my body. Every cell could feel the music. It was absolutely indescribable. I could pick out every percussion and melody. It was running through me. I was hallucinating and dreaming, standing up. I was asleep I think. Occasionally I would open my eyes and I'd moved to another part of the dance floor. I just kept swaying. Losing myself in the music like a zombie. I was entranced. I started tripping into another more enlightened part of my brain. I saw my dead grandmother. She spoke to me and sent her love. I had chills. I cried. My head stared to the ceiling. I evaporateded.

- Sam Morris

I take red flags with gratitude

- Sam Morris

It’s such a short love story 

I just don’t know what’s good for me 

They always change their mind 

And I’m the one left behind 

Looking at pictures of you smiling 

While I'm at home, alone and crying 

- Sam Morris

If you've been through one too many

Slow Horses, S06E05

Somente quem se esvazia até tornar-se ninguém é capaz de caminhar. O caminhante não tem eu, não tem si, não tem nome. Assim, ele se esquece de si mesmo.

- Byung-Chul Han, Ausência

Zhuang Zhou descreve o caminhar na ausência da seguinte maneira: "Todas as diferenças desaparecem ali. Minha vontade não tem objetivo, e eu não sei aonde estou indo. Eu vou e venho e não sei aonde estou indo. Eu vou e venho e não sei onde vou parar. Eu caminho de um lado para o outro e não sei onde isso acaba".

- Byung-Chul Han, Ausência

A metafísica ocidental é dominada pelo conceito de essência, que reúne em si identidade, duração e interioridade, habitação, permanência e posse.

- Byung-Chul Han, Ausência

Pianissimo

Billy Collins

At first,

I thought it meant

a really big piano.

Page-Turner

Billy Collins

Desirable

in fiction.

Not so much

with a slim book of poems.

I’ve grown old—

now my own name

rings a bell.

- Billy Collins

Zen Backfire

Billy Collins

The only time

I cut myself shaving

is when I’m aware

that I’m shaving.

Dictionary Wanderings

Billy Collins

The two silent “els”

in talk and calf

found a place

of prominence in llama.

The Sociologist

Billy Collins

I wandered lonely as a crowd.

Flaubert

Billy Collins

As he looked for the right word,

several wrong words

appeared in his window.

Look

Billy Collins

The morning lake

was smooth as a mirror.

A few angels were even seen

flying down

just after dawn

to check themselves out.