revulsian of literature

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Ai Weiwei, second panel of the triptych "Dropping a Han Dynasty Urn" (1995/2009)

21 JAN 2026

—Joseph Brodsky
from "Footnote to a Poem"

“Language and, presumably, literature are more ancient and inevitable, more durable than any form of social organization. The revulsion, irony, or indifference often expressed by literature toward the state is essentially the reaction of the permanent—better yet, the infinite—against the temporary, against the finite.”

reality ≠ ego

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Monsieur by Benoit Courti

01 JAN 2026

“Reality is simply the loss of ego.”

—Ramana Maharshi

from I Am (K)Not the Body
(notes taken by Pradeep Apte on Ramana Maharshi's sayings, as recorded by Muruganar, translated by David Godman)