The city is a discourse and this discourse is truly a language: the city speaks to its inhabitants, we speak our city, the city where we are, simply by living in it, by wandering through it, by looking at it. (Roland Barthes)
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i want to let that roll around in my head for a little while, but isn't there so much there?
hmmm...
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hiking in rickett's glen, pa
watching the world as i trip down its sidewalks...
::even a small step...::
::current: listen/read/watch::
- Dorothy Sayers
- The Fellowship of the Rings
- Much Ado About Nothing
- The Office Season 2
- Till We Have Faces
- www.pandora.com
- K T Tunstall
T h e c i t y i s a d i s c o u r s e
a n d t h i s d i s c o u r s e
i s t r u l y a l a n g u a g e :
t h e c i t y s p e a k s
t o i t s i n h a b i t a n t s ,
w e s p e a k o u r c i t y ,
t h e c i t y w h e r e w e a r e ,
s i m p l y b y l i v i n g i n i t ,
b y w a n d e r i n g t h r o u g h i t ,
b y l o o k i n g a t i t .
- R o l a n d B a r t h e s
a n d t h i s d i s c o u r s e
i s t r u l y a l a n g u a g e :
t h e c i t y s p e a k s
t o i t s i n h a b i t a n t s ,
w e s p e a k o u r c i t y ,
t h e c i t y w h e r e w e a r e ,
s i m p l y b y l i v i n g i n i t ,
b y w a n d e r i n g t h r o u g h i t ,
b y l o o k i n g a t i t .
- R o l a n d B a r t h e s
::oh, y'know...::
- kellilu
- philadelphia, pennsylvania, United States
- organized around a core of faith. can be won over with strong coffee. a sucker for good design, good food, and good music. a midwestern girl, always and at heart; a philadelphian, by transplant but fiercely loyal. (but always, always, a chicago cubs fan!)
::places to go::
::from before::
:: quietly observing ::
hiking in rickett's glen, pa
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