Supersymmetry

  Supersymmetry is a lament. The lyrics are a simple expression of the pain one feels after the loss of a loved one (real or imagined), but what makes the song particularly beautiful is that it relies on a poetic interpretation of the principle of supersymmetry in particle physics to help convey the emotion of grief.…

Tragic illusions

“I took to photography like a duck to water. I never wanted to do anything else. Excitement about the subject is the voltage which pushes me over the mountain of drudgery necessary to produce the final photograph.” – Berenice Abbott

Cine acum e singur, va rămânea-ndelung | Whoever is alone now will remain so for a long time

Cine acum nu are casă, nu-şi mai face. Cine acum e singur, va rămânea-ndelung. O să vegheze, va ceti, scrisori va scrie lungi şi pe alei va rătăci acolo şi încoace pierdut, când frunzele se-ndungă şi cad foşning prelung. (Rainer Maria Rilke, Zi de toamnă, fragment) – Whoever has no house now will not build…