I haven’t actually seen the movie, just this one scene from White Heat in which James Cagney, on top of a burning building, shouts “I made it, Ma: Top of the World” before collapsing in a ball of flames. It was in some movie with “Brooklyn” in the title, in which some kid gets involved [...]
douglas white
“Counselâ€, 2005 by Douglas White. Vandalised recycling bins. -via VVORK
death and grace
Death and Grace today had me thinking of Owen. It was this line from Jorge Luis Borges‘s Funes the Memorious that reminded me of the vainglorious aspects of my outer reaction and inner struggles when my sister died. In response to his own measured reaction to his father’s death, the author notes ””May God forgive [...]