theparisreview:

“The less one understands the more posterity will appreciate my profundity of thought. In fact, let me say: POSTERITY IS STUPID.” 

An excerpt from Italo Calvino: Letters, 1941-1985, translated by Martin McLaughlin, out today.

alexlikesdesign:

Lord of the Rings x Super Mario World

Per the suggestion of @CTRunsThis, via twitter.

I put a walking path in here, but we all know that one does not simply walk into Mordor. I managed to to fit Barad-dur, Mount Doom, and the nine Nazgul, but ran out of room for The Black Gate. It was pretty fun making what, in the end, amounts to an archetypal lava world.

By Alex Griendling / Blog / Twitter

theparisreview:

A scattering of mind (like rain
flung out small and squalled
against the random panes
attention turns to in its hunt
for some lasting fascination
that will hold its gaze and not allow
a second scene to come and slide
its heart away) is hard to stay
and even harder to abide.

—Ben Downing, “The Weather”
Art Credit Heidi Swanson