{"id":168,"date":"2007-01-03T00:35:36","date_gmt":"2007-01-03T06:35:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.universalem.org\/homo_aestheticus\/?p=168"},"modified":"2012-11-09T23:56:26","modified_gmt":"2012-11-10T05:56:26","slug":"did-the-deer-shy-away-as-i-regret-calling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.universalem.org\/homo_aestheticus\/2007\/01\/03\/did-the-deer-shy-away-as-i-regret-calling\/","title":{"rendered":"Did the deer shy away? \/ As I regret calling."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Music of the day:<\/em> Aimee Mann. She came after Aerosmith but before Alanis Morissette.<\/p>\n<p><em>Book of the day:<\/em> I referenced pages in both <em>Special Topics in Calamity Physics<\/em> and <em>The Historian<\/em> for another writing project today.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><em>Comic of the day:<\/em> A new <em>Astonishing X-Men<\/em> (vol. 3 no. 19) has been released, but as for older works, I recommend Sam Kieth&#8217;s <em>Zero Girl<\/em>. Those who do not read comic books might remember Kieth&#8217;s work from the short-lived <em>Maxx<\/em> animated series on MTV back in the 90s. In addition to a distinctive style to his figures, which is expected from all such artists these days, Kieth is skilled at page and panel layout, at the important aspects of visual story-telling, and his composition and imagery if not his character style are things I would be interested in emulating.<\/p>\n<p><em>Webcomics:<\/em> I still get my daily dose of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sluggy.com\/\">Sluggy<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ozyandmillie.org\/\">Ozy &amp; Millie<\/a>, and and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.questionablecontent.net\/\">Questionable Content<\/a>, and I think they will remain my comics for 2007<\/p>\n<p><em>Links of the day:<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.subtraction.com\/\">Subtraction<\/a>: a nicely minimalistic but professional blog layout &#8230; I haven&#8217;t actually read anything on that site, but I like how it looks.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2007\/01\/02\/science\/02free.html?pagewanted=1&amp;_r=1\">Free Will: Now You Have It, Now You Don&#8217;t<\/a>: a relatively interesting but overly verbose discussion of free will in light of contemporary science. It is unfortunately rather light on concrete arguments.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.salon.com\/books\/int\/2007\/01\/02\/numbers\/\">Seeing the light &#8212; of science<\/a>: a salon.com interview (by Steve Paulson) with University of Wisconsin historian Ronald Numbers &#8230; it&#8217;s informative, but as usual the &#8220;letters&#8221; section following (attached to) the article is full of self-important dogmatism and the intellectual subtlety of Andre the Giant at a midget convention.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sciencedaily.com\/releases\/2007\/01\/070101103354.htm\">Mad Cow Breakthrough? Genetically Modified Cattle Are Prion Free<\/a>: moo?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I spent several hours in the library this afternoon, mostly writing, and after six I finally left. An old guy kept wandering in and out and around the Asian Studies Reading Room on the 4th floor, where I was set up with my laptop and books. I never saw him sit down or read, and only a few other people came in over the course of the afternoon. The quiet was disconcerting, and eventually I left for coffee and a fritter at Fair Trade, which was similarly empty.<\/p>\n<p>Behind me small group of young men and women gathered to discuss and organize some sort of road trip &#8212; at one point they mentioned Boise, but as if often the case, pronounced it Boyz-ee. Their main activity seemed to be looking up motels online and then calling with a cell phone to check for details, prices, reservations, etc. I doodled a bit but my hand was not steady and I could not draw with any subtlety or precision.<\/p>\n<p>Let me finish with one of the more gentle poems contained within the standard collection of Expressionistic poetry, <em>Menschheitsd\u00e4mmerung. Ein Dokument des Expressionismus.<\/em> (edited by Kurt Pinthus, 1920):<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Winter&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Geduldig ist der Wald,<br \/>\nBehutsamer der Schnee,<br \/>\nAm einsamsten das Reh.<br \/>\nIch rufe. Was erschallt?<br \/>\nDer Widerhall macht Schritte.<br \/>\nEr kehrt zur\u00fcck zu seinem Weh:<br \/>\nDas kommt heran wie leise Tritte.<br \/>\nEr findet mich in meiner Mitte.<br \/>\nWarum hab ich den Wald gest\u00f6rt?<br \/>\nVom Schnee ward nichts geh\u00f6rt.<br \/>\nHat sich das Reh gescheut?<br \/>\nWie mich das Rufen reut.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;Theodor D\u00e4ubler<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Music of the day: Aimee Mann. She came after Aerosmith but before Alanis Morissette. 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