Aesthetics of Madness\\
Admirers of the film "A Beautiful Mind" may be interested in the
thoughts of psychotherapist Eric Olson on what he calls the "collage
method" of therapy.
Kunitz at the Widener\\
Today's birthday: Poet Stanley Kunitz-- "I'm Stanley Kunitz. I live in
New York City. I published my first book of poems some 70 years ago.
Back in 1926, I was roaming through the stacks of the Widener....
Keats and the Web\\
From a letter of John Keats on the Web: "There is the passage in a
famous letter of John Keats, 19th February, 1818:
Now it appears to me that almost any Man may like the spider spin from
his own.…
Steinberg on Reflections\\
Saul Steinberg in The New York Review of Books issue dated August 15,
2002, page 32:
"The idea of reflections came to me in reading an observation by
Pascal, cited in a book by W. H. Auden….
A Commonplace Blog\\
William Safire blogs the word "blog" in his On Language column today.
He specifically mentions xanga.com -- "Blog is a shortening of Web
log....
Birthdays-- Kevin, Kate, Carl\\ Another
opening of
another show.... Kevin, Kate, and Carl. "This is not a big book but a
dense book, as exquisitely rich as a dark fruit cake"-- Jean Brown,
review of Jung....
Weblog Editor\\ I've been looking for a
weblog editor, and
Xanga seems like it's the
best....
Diamond Theorem\\
Finite projective geometry explains the surprising symmetry properties
of some simple graphic designs-- found, for instance, in quilts. Links
are provided for applications....