Daily Poetics

And suddenly I heard them cry aloud as they beat,  "We are seeking! - we are seeking! - we are seeking!"  and the broken barrel organ at the street corner sobbed, "The Beautiful! - the Beautiful! - the Beautiful!" And my heart, which had been dead, cried out with every throb, "Love! - Truth! - the Beautiful! - the Beautiful!"

-Olive Schreiner, Dreams

The poem is a little myth of man's capacity of making life meaningful. And in the end, the poem is not a thing we see-it is, rather, a light by which we may see-and what we see is life.

Link: It's Nice That.

"The results of an extensive exploration with shadows, the One Day Poem Pavilion demonstrates the poetic, transitory, site-sensitive and time-based nature of light and shadow. Using a complex array of perforations, the pavilion’s surface allows light to pass through creating shifting patterns, which–during specific times of the year–transform into the legible text of a poem. The specific arrangements of the perforations reveal different shadow-poems according to the solar calendar: a theme of new-life during the summer solstice, a reflection on the passing of time at the period of the winter solstice. The time-based nature of the poem–and the visitor’s time-based encounters with it–allow viewers to have different experiences either seeing a stanza of the poem or getting the whole poem. All of these possible experiences are equally valuable and have meanings unique to the individual. This technique has the potential for producing particular effects and meanings within an architectural environment. Without the use of a source of power other than the sun, this project uses light and shadow to push the boundaries of communication and experiential delight." -One Day Poem Pavilion by Jiyeon Song

Title Quote: Robert Penn Warren

Love is like a friendship caught on fire. In the beginning a flame, very pretty, often hot and fierce, but still only light and flickering. As love grows older, our hearts mature and our love becomes as coals, deep-burning and unquenchable. -Bruce Lee

Link: MENU - Heart Candleholder.

 

The Menu Heart Candleholder is a gift that celebrates love between two people. The perfect, beautiful gift for those moments when the bonds of love are confirmed: engagements, weddings, silver and golden anniversaries, or Mothers' Day.

The two heart-shaped pendants are gilded with silver and gold, and can be engraved with any desired inscription, such as a name, date or personal dedication.

The Heart Candleholder consists of two candlesticks connected by a bridge, which can be clicked off and decorated with, for example, flower buds or silk ribbons.

Design: Pernille Vea

It was one of those perfect English autumnal days which occur more frequently in memory than in life. -PD James

My Precious Ring

The classical looking Memory ring, by Wieki Somers (NL) holds a concealed image which will reveal itself when rubbed.

 

We can have in life but one great experience at best, and the secret of life is to reproduce that experience as often as possible. -Oscar Wilde

A Convergence of Birds: Original Fiction and Poetry Inspired by Joseph Cornell.

 

Limited Edition Edited by Jonathan Safran Foer. Writings by: Jonathan Safran Foer, Diane Ackerman, Martine Bellen, John Burghardt, Mary Caponegro, Robert Coover, Lydia Davis, Siri Hustvedt, Ann Lauterbach, Barry Lopez, Rick Moody, Bradford Morrow, Howard Norman, Joyce Carol Oates, Robert Pinsky, Erik Anderson Reece, Rosemarie Waldrop, Paul West, Diane Williams, John Yau "Joseph Cornell, as seen through the eyes of some of our best writers-shining, ever shining, in a great dazzle of particulars..." -Paul Auster This special limited edition of A Convergence of Birds follows the successful publication of the trade edition of this wonderful anthology of new fiction and poetry inspired by the art of Joseph Cornell. This book features writing from 22 of the best American writers working today; authors such as Joyce Carol Oates, Robert Pinsky, Rick Moody, Howard Norman, and Barry Lopez, all invited to participate by editor and contributor Jonathan Safran Foer. The limited edition of only 225 copies isl linen-bound and slipcased, and signed by each author on individual sheets of vellum that are bound into the book at the beginning of their contributions. A wonderful and highly collectable edition that will be treasured by lovers of contemporary writing and fine books.

 

That blessed mood, In which the burden of the mystery, In which the heavy and the weary weight Of all this unintelligible world, Is lightened. -Wordsworth

Kotohana Flowers Sense Your Mood

This LED flowers can truly, really could sense your emotions. And this is no dream. The future mood ring is here. And with albeit twirl. It changes colors (well, we also do that but this one actually understands you, now that’s something amazing) to indicate your mood swings.

 

Say something! And it says, “I burn.” -Robert Frost

Papier d'Arm�nie : Unique.

It is still the only interior air-freshener that works by burning paper, and the only one that uses Benzoin, a substance normally

Renowned since Antiquity for its antiseptic, healing and expectorant properties, benzoin balm was formerly applied externally to treat asthma, coughs and hoarseness. It became popular with those suffering from stress, because of its positive effect on the psyche and the emotions. It is believed to have purifying powers, and be able to eliminate all impure and coarse emotions and thoughts.

Papier d’Arménie is
still developing today, seeking enhancements, improvements and new designs.
Thus the last few years have seen new burners, new stencils and new forms of presentation

The delight that consumes the desire, The desire that outruns the delight. -Algernon Swinburne

Link: ARCADE.

Desire. It’s a sensation the majority (all?) of animals share—including humans. An unsatisfied longing or craving; an expression of this; a request; sexual appetite and lust; something desired. Ironically, the archaic definition of desire is to pray. To supplicate...an idea or thought. (To honor the privilege to pray, some pilgrims journey long distances on their knees. A demonstration. The sound of knees walking. Softer. Desire. A softer sound.) Crazy. More strangely, a book I love, Arcade Dictionary of Word Origins, notes: “The underlying etymological meaning of desire is something of a mystery...before the word denoted ‘wanting,’ it signified ‘lack.’” What we don’t have or possess, we desire.

In today’s polite society people relate to objects, ideas, signs and symbols, typically through their desires. We’re forever being provoked, prodded and seduced into a state of desire and wanting through the promise of a glamorous or better life. We desire — we consume — therefore we are. But, of course, it’s a setup. Our desires will never be fulfilled because once we acquire the objects of our desire, there will always be something else waiting in the wings...the wings of our desires (thanks Wim). Ultimately, desire is personal, obvious, messy...wet. It’s primal. A dog chases its tail.

Narcissus believed that what he desired - himself - was something he could possess, when in reality, what he desired was humanity, which cannot be possessed—only borrowed while we inhabit our lives. This issue of ARCADE scratches the surface of the designed and built manifestations and accommodations of desire we encounter in our daily lives...con't

Old Friends They Shine Like Diamonds Table

farm21.co.uk | Tables - Old Friends They Shine Like Diamonds Table.

Inspired by the original Guy Clarke song, this oval table is made from stunning tiger-striped Irish Ash, with a .55 ct Certified Diamond set in the centre.

I think every creative impulse that a working writer, or artist of any sort, has comes out of that dark old country where dreams come from. -Anne R. Siddons

auto - other goods - Dool Scratchy Candle.

Dool

This votive candle holder is customizable. It comes with a pencil for etching a message or design onto the frosted glass holder. One replaceable unscented tea candle included.