I held my head high again. The next day, a girl put on a white dress and fell in love with me. Franz Kafka, 1904.
Michael Montes
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In sweet music is such art, Killing care and grief of heart
Of course you can — don’t deny it — still laugh like you did back then on the porch. Franz Kafka, 1920.
But kings and mightiest potentates must die, For that’s the end of human misery.
We would stand side by side at the railings on the seafront, sit side by side on a bench under palm trees, Franz Kafka, 1913.
Patrick Bresnan’s new doc FIRST THEY CAME FOR MY COLLEGE will be world premiering at TRUE/FALSE. The film documents the fascist takeover of the New College of Florida. In creating the score for this film I felt like I was contributing to the resistance in my own little way. Grateful for that.
Until midnight yesterday, I spent the evening with you, first in writing then even more in thought. Franz Kafka, 1920.
Dearest, no unnecessary worries! Franz Kafka, 1913.
Had I slept as much as I thought about you, it would have been a lot. Franz Kafka, 1913.
For some reason it feels like a piano kind of day.
Letters from Ted
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By the way, I shall be dropping by your place for a moment on Monday at five; if I happen to disturb you in the midst of your work, pretend you're not home. Franz Kafka, 1909.
Darkness keeps arriving. Synths, noise, string quartet:
Messages Without Words
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From Michael Tully’s immortal classic SEPTIEN. Such a fun movie to work on.
Michael Montes - "The Preacher"
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But now, no more words, only kisses, and many of them, for a thousand reasons, since it is Sunday. Franz Kafka, 1912.
Why, on these few remaining summer Sundays, don’t you go off into the country first thing in the morning? Franz Kafka, 1916.
“…a squirrel dropped an acorn from a tree outside, only it was tremendously loud and sounded like it was not outside but right in the room with him and not actually a sound, either, but a great suffusing presence, visual, almost tactile, a great impacting of…blue…all around him.” #kesey #lsd
Acorn Blue
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By the way, a terrible temptation to quickly pull you to my chest. Franz Kafka, 1912.
From Erika Frankel’s lovely documentary KING GEORGES. Intrigue in the kitchen.
La Chaîne
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A bit of cinematic dub reggae for the weekend:
Macabre Delusions of Murder Mysteries
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