"everything here has cold hands"
Bourgeois, Notley, Oswald, Ohno, Rilke
Louise Bourgeois:
In French: [“I identify with something beautiful, and therefore, by osmosis, I become better. I accept myself.”]
Alice Notley:
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Alice Oswald:
Kazuo Ohno (trans. from Japanese by John Barrett):
Rainer Maria Rilke (trans. from German by Stephen Mitchell):
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