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Related material from Stephen King —

— and from Black Swan  author Nassim Nicholas Taleb —

See as well this  journal on the Taleb date:  Feb. 27, 2018 —

Raiders of the Lost Images .

For greater philosophical depth, see an ad for "Tree of Life," an upcoming film by Terrence Malick, by clicking the "Venus Herself" link above.

The trailer for "Tree of Life" is said to be opening with the film "Black Swan" today.

See also articles on Malick at Wikipedia and at Senses of Cinema, and Malick's translation of Heidegger's 1929 essay "Vom Wesen des Grundes " into English. It was published under the title The Essence of Reasons  (Evanston: Northwestern University Press,1969, bilingual edition).

"Might be a nice 20 page essay, but a bomb of a book"
— Herbert Gintis on Taleb's Black Swan , review dated April 10, 2012.

This remark might also be applied to Crumey's Mobius Dick :

Related material for Jungians who enjoy synchronicity —

The Log24 posts from the date of the Gintis review — April 10, 2012.

"Condescension and a certain amount of hostility
used to mark the critical reaction…."

— Emma Brockes on Stephen King in
    The Guardian , 21 Sept. 2013

For the mark itself, see Black Swan Venus,
Vonnegut Asterisk, and Branding Iron.

"A friend asked why I am saying kaddish.
 A good question."

— Kaddish , by Leon Wieseltier, Chapter One

Scarlett Johansson
and Natalie Portman

See Scarlett in Lucy …

Barry Rudd at the end of John Hersey's
1960 novel The Child Buyer :

"Fascinating to be a specimen,
truly fascinating.  Do you suppose
I really can develop an I.Q. of
over a thousand?"

… and Natalie in Black Swan .

Midrash :

December 2, 2014

• "12:30 pm we leave for the historic
  Princeton Cemetery on Witherspoon and
  Paul Robson Streets to assemble for
  a service and burial at 2:00 pm."

Continued from Tuesday, November 18, 2014

International poster for the 2010 film "Black Swan"—

"Death is a black swan." — Graciela Chichilnisky

A Meditation on Harvard, Pi, and Rhetoric

Recall that pi equals 3.14159… "Et cetera, et cetera, et cetera." —The King and I

Related material—

When the Man Comes Around —

"It's hard for thee to kick against the pricks."

More Pricks Than Kicks —

Happy birthday from Samuel Beckett to Johnny Cash.

Yesterday's New York Lottery— Midday 042, Evening 919.

Here 042 may be seen as referring to New York's 42nd Street…

Below, West 42nd St., facing north, from yesterday's New York Times—

Related material —

• Yesterday's Star of Venus in the post Black Swan
   
• Damnation Morning in this journal (with a version of the above symbol)
   
• "Damnation Morning" (the original story)

That story is part of the Change War  saga by Fritz Leiber, notably represented by Leiber's 1957 novel The Big Time.

See also Comic Book Resources on the new comic-book  series Spider-Man: Big Time—

CBR: “Big Time” is this title of this new era of “Amazing Spider-Man.” Why choose that title? What exactly is it referring to?

DAN SLOTT: “Big Time” refers to more than “Amazing Spider-Man,” it also refers to other Spider-Projects: “Astonishing Spider-Man/Iron Man,” the new Norman Osborn mini, and the all-new “Spider-Girl!” With “Amazing,” “Big Time” takes on a lot of meanings. In this book, everything is bigger: bigger stakes for Peter Parker, bigger threats for Spider-Man, and a much bigger comic. We are expanding to 30 pages of material, twice a month!

As for yesterday's evening NY lottery number 919, see 9/19.

From last night's post—

"… right now…. winning the day…."

— President Obama on the 16th of October (between 5:19 and 5:37 PM EDT)

This journal on the 16th of October—

Related religious material from Thomas Pynchon—

* Material related to this post's title, "Seize the Day"—

Indirectly related — an ad for the new film Black Swan
accompanying a Halloween story in yesterday's online New York Times —

More directly related —

Black Swan Theory at Wikipedia —