Ode to scaffolding in New York
Oh, scaffolding Here year after year In New York City, and everywhere I wish you would just go away No pomp, circumstance or fanfare. Let me go, I see the light Let me leave your shadow-web lair. Everywhere I look and walk Left, right, center You trap me in, then spit me out Of course […]
French quotes | C’est comme ça qu’on s’aime, comme ça consomme
Sometimes lyrics are more powerful than any other medium. To wit, the lyrics to “Carmen” below – mind-stirring ones – by world-renowned Belgian hip hop and electronic recording artist, and wordsmith, Stromae. But first, a little foray into Stromae himself. Straddling genres, his infectious music and witty-yet-sobering verse have struck an international nerve – including […]
Our world, the cathedral
“A rock pile ceases to be a rock pile the moment a single man contemplates it, bearing within him the image of a cathedral.” {Antoine de Saint-Exupéry}
Why it’s awesome to be 35 in 2015
Turning 35 in 2015 is like French aerialist Philippe Petit walking a tightrope between New York City’s Twin Towers in 1974. You’re stuck between two behemoths, and you might go either way. Born in 1980, we are the halfway generation – “cusp year babies.” Many people lump us into the so-called Millennial Generation. To others, […]
mind your monde 