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Wallace Stevens’s poem “Thirteen ways of looking at a blackbird“ brings forth another world and a listening consciousness that can hear between and beyond (in a way not unlike Rilke’s moving forward). “I do not know which to prefer, The beauty of inflections, Or the beauty … Continue reading →

Posted on May 21, 2014 by lisbethlipari | Leave a comment

Even after countless repetition, the endlessly recirculated images and videos of this uncanny phenomena render its beauty no less striking. Yes, indeed, it’s a murmuration of starlings. Q: Murmuration? A: Yeah, a soft, indistinct or low continuous sound. In the case of the human, … Continue reading →

Posted on May 21, 2014 by lisbethlipari | Leave a comment