"the incurious seeker"
Schiele, Milosz, Beckett, Niedecker, Martin, Mandelstam, Rilke
Egon Schiele:
I must see things and investigate them. I want to taste dark water and see crackling trees and wild winds.
Czeslaw Milosz (trans. by Czeslaw Milosz and Robert Hass):
Samuel Beckett:
Lorine Niedecker:
Agnes Martin:
Osip Mandelstam (trans. Clarence Brown and W.S. Merwin):
Rainer Maria Rilke (trans. Joan Burnham):
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