James Joyce's Ulysses, books of all kinds, strange words, art, music, Italia!
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Books
Ulysses!
The Collected Poems of Wallace Stevens;
La Batarde by Violette Leduc;
100 Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez;
Ghost Girl by Amy Gerstler;
Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein;
Harry Potter, by J.K. Rowling;
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"Remember that the most beautiful things in the world are the most useless; peacocks and lilies for instance."
-John Ruskin, The Stones of Venice
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The Ulysses Podcast was created in a small room in Eugene, Oregon by a world traveller who was wondering what the exact point for her existence was. She still isn't sure but like bubble gum stuck to the bottom of one's shoe, the Podcast has travelled with her to San Francisco, Perugia Italy, Tropea Italy, back to Oregon, and back to SF again. She hopes that it'll end up with her either in Oregon, Italy, or England. During nearly a year of reading Ulysses, she has grown to love that cherry-flavored text and the discussions evoked therein.
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What is the point of Ulysses? Like Peacocks and lilies it is beautiful, but is it necessary? The only reason that I began reading it is because the text itself needs to be read aloud in order to appreciate the beauty of the sounds (and I wanted to catch up to a reading group. I never did, but shared the with them the famous last pages and a few precious scenes). That is why, I believe, that so many people try to read Ulysses and fail; they're reading silently a text that demands audio, like reading a symphony silently in a room without ever touching an instrument. It fails to exist in the way that it was meant; Ulysses was meant for the voice.
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But is it necessary? In my undergrad years, I took a psychology class where we learned that some people suffer physically due to a lack of beauty. I could relate; for years I had to take the bus to school then walk a mile in downtown San Rafael, CA to get there. My route lacked trees and skirted daily traffic and heavy black fumes. Eventually I was forced to change my trek solely for the beauty of the trees and, perhaps, my life and general well-being. I could no longer take the grey buildings, the cement streets, and the daily exhaust. I could understand the crippling hardness of life without beauty, and I could appreciate the need for beauty in our world. I'm also a hopeless enthusiast for lofty ideals, like the movement towards beauty and the evokation thereof in our everyday lives. That, ultimately, is why I read Ulysses. It needs to be read aloud with passion by someone who loves sounds and can cultivate her own passion for the text and share it with others, for free. It is, ultimately, for you.
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Even if you've never listened before, don't fret but dive in! That's the whole point of Ulysses: beauty. It doesn't matter where you start, you're not missing a terrible lot, and often just one phrase, one line, is enough to touch your heart and move you in some way. I've had listeners write in to share how Ulysses changed there lives in some small or significant way, and often it was just a line, a word, a moment or pause that caused them to reflect on their own lives and the beauty of their existence. Luckily they chose to drop me a line and share their thoughts.
Feel free if you'd like to contact me: Isispal @ gmail.com, and you can hear the podcast for free on iTunes (just do a search for Ulysses Podcast) or online at paigerella.libsyn.com.
And... Ciao tutti! It's time for Joyce :).
Who I'd like to meet: Everyone who likes Ulysses, artists, writers, thinkers, dreamers... people who create!
May the spirit of Christmas bring you peace,
The gladness of Christmas give you hope,
The warmth of Christmas grant you love.
May the warmth of good friends,
the comfort of home,
and the love we bear one another
renew your spirits this Christmas
"Love is what's in the room with you at
Christmas if you stop opening presents
and listen."
Wishing you and your loved ones a wonderfilled Christmas!
* Helene * Malmsio * http://www.squidoo.com/Little-Known-Facts-About-Christmas
A customer at Morris' Gourmet Grocery marveled at the proprietor's quick wit and intelligence.
"Tell me, Morris, what makes you so smart?"
"I wouldn't share my secret with just anyone," Morris replies, lowering his voice so the other shoppers won't hear, "But since you're a good and faithful customer, I'll let you in on it. Fish heads. You eat enough of them, you'll be positively brilliant."
"You sell them here?" the customer asks.
"Only $4 apiece," says Morris.
The customer buys three. A week later, he's back in the store complaining that the fish heads were disgusting and he isn't any smarter.
"You didn't eat enough, " says Morris.
The customer goes home with 20 more fish heads. Two weeks later, he's back and this time he's really angry.
"Hey, Morris," he says, "You're selling me fish heads for $4 apiece when I just found out I can buy the whole fish for $2.
If I could express my feelings— As did the great poets—the masters, Of word and rhyme, in the days of yore, Then perchance, maybe I would write, A sonnet—maybe a ballad, That is thought worthy of someone As sweet and amiable as you.
But the gift and power of words Of those great poets—The masters, Even though I try, I still lack— But I hope, at least, in my attempt, That my sentiments will shine through, Without great prowess or much skill, To say: “I am honored to have a friend as lovely as you!”
Why do people constantly return to the refrigerator with the hopes that something new to eat will have materialized?
Why do people keep running over a string a dozen times with their vacuum cleaner, then reach down, pick it up, examine it, then put it down to give their vacuum one more chance?
Q. What's the definition of a teenager? A. Punishment for enjoying sex.
I looked up my family tree and found out I was the sap.
Success is simply a matter of luck. Ask any failure.
"Moses dragged us for 40 years through the desert to bring us to the one place in the Middle East where there was no oil. " - Golda Meir
This is weird, but interesting!
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Cna yuo raed tihs? Olny 55 plepoe out of 100 can.
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The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it whotuit a pboerlm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef,but the wrod as a wlohe. Azanmig huh? yaeh and I awlyas tghuot slpeling was ipmorantt! if you can raed tihs forwrad it!
Helene Malmsio Live simply, Love generously, Care deeply, Speak kindly.
Birthdays are good for you; the more you have, the longer you live.
Here is my Gift!
To Wish you Happiness on your Birthday, And may every day of the coming Year, Be a happy one!
I found this really cool birthday calculator: It tells you LOTS about what your birthdate symbols & meanings are, how many hours and how many seconds you have been alive on this earth & when you were probably conceived and more fun stuff to amaze you:- Birthday Calculator
YOUTH is the gift of nature, but AGE is a work of art!
(natarajasana, 2008, http://karmym. imagekind. com/) with a balanced certainty you walk towards your destination. natarajasana helps to focus your sensation to your intuition. there is no better way as the path to your goal.
I've learned that Electricity comes from Electrons... does that mean that Morality comes from Morons?
I've learned Marriage is the mourning after the knot before.
I've learned that whatever hits the fan will not be evenly distributed.
I've learned that you shouldn't compare yourself to others - they are more screwed up than you think.
I've learned that if you hear a Southerner exclaim, "Hey, y'all, watch this!" get out of his way. These are likely the last words he will ever say, or worse still, that you will ever hear.
The last rays of this day dance upon leaves whose summer-green now inches towards fire-reds, ripening-oranges, and crinkled-browns. The breeze sleeps as my bones soak in the days heat, I anticipate a night full of unmasked stars.
